The effects of interviewer style in a standardized interview.

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12 ACTORS WERE TRAINED AS INTERVIEWERS TO BE EITHER ACTIVE-FRIENDLY, ACTIVE-HOSTILE, PASSIVE-FRIENDLY, PASSIVE-HOSTILE, OR SILENT. SS LISTENED TO A TAPED NARRATIVE OF A COLLEGE STUDENT DISCUSSING HIS PROBLEMS, AND THEN PARTICIPATED IN A 15-MIN INTERVIEW IN WHICH THEIR TASK WAS TO RECALL THE TAPED MATERIAL, WORK TOWARD A SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM PRESENTED ON THE TAPE, AND DESCRIBE THEMSELVES WITH REFERENCE TO THE TAPE NARRATOR. RESULTS INDICATE THAT WHILE FRIENDLY INTERVIEWERS WERE BEST LIKED, ACTIVE INTERVIEWERS WERE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN SUSTAINING THE VERBALIZATION RATES OF THEIR SS. SILENT INTERVIEWERS PRODUCED THE LEAST S TALK TIME. HIGH-PATHOLOGY-ADMITTING SS (MMPI) SPOKE ABOUT "PROBLEMS" IN THE INTERVIEW MORE THAN LOW-PATHOLOGY-ADMITTING SS. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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