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The social work interview : a guide for human service professionals

Abstract: ContentsIntroduction xiiiI. General Orientation and Basic Concepts of Interviewing and Communication, 11. The Interview in Social Work, 32. The Interview as Communication, 273. Listening: A Basic Communication Skill, 49II. Sequential Phases in the Interview Process and Associated Techniques, 634. Introductory Phase, 655. Beginning the Interview: First Phase Objective -- Establishing a Relationship, 996. Problem Exploration Phase, 1357. Developmental Phase: Problem-Solving Interventions, 1738. Developmental Phase: More Problem-Solving Interventions, 2059. Developmental Phase: Questions and Questioning Techniques, 23510. Termination, Recording, and Evaluation, 271III. Some Special Problems in Interviewing, 28511. Nonverbal Communication, 28712. Cross-Cultural Interviewing, 32113. Some Problematic Interviews: The Involuntary Adult Client and the Sexually Abused Child, 355IV. The Essence of the Good Interviewer, 38714. The Competent Interviewer, 389Appendix: Transcribed Interview and Critique, 407References, 425Index, 447

The reliability of a computer interview for drug use/abuse information

Abstract: A computer interview was developed to collect information about drug use/abuse from high school students. Responses to this interview were compared with those obtained from an identical paper-and-pencil questionnaire given to the same students, in counterbalanced order. Results were comparable for the two methods, but missing data and logically inconsistent answers obtained with the paper-and-pencil questionnaire were not possible with the computer interview. The overwhelming majority of respondents preferred the computer interview as a means of data collection.

Team building and the problem of regression: the personal management interview as an intervention.

Abstract: This article describes the characteristics of a Personal Management Interview (PMI) and reports the results of its implementation in 16 different organizational contexts. Based upon Group Behavior Inventory and personal interview data collected from 208 participants (135 experimental and 71 comparison group members), the results show that the implementation of regular PMIs can prevent the regression or fade-out which often occurs after off-site team-building sessions.

Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods in survey research on aging: An assessment

Abstract: The benefits of triangulation have gained widespread acceptance and several notable studies have taken a combined-methods approach However, to date there have been few analyses of attempts to extend survey research to include a qualitative component This paper reports on what is essentially a survey research design in which three types of interviewing are triangulated: close-ended questions in a structured interview; open-ended questions embedded in the interview; and follow-up conversational interviews employing open-ended questions This combined-methods approach is assessed in relation to elaboration of answers, interpretation and context, discovery in the field, and divergence The author concludes that each source of data, as well as the divergence in findings among them, makes a valuable contribution to the research process

Questions for the ethnographer: A critical examination of the role of the interview in fieldwork

Abstract: All verbal repertoires include formulae that speakers use in explicating their own communicative behavior to each other. As among speakers of American English, special devices often exist for explaining linguistic and other semiotic events to children. Unfortunately, even those fieldworkers who are relatively successful at mastering phonological, syntactic, and semantic levels of a language frequently fail to devote themselves to acquiring competence (in Hymes's [1974: 92-97] sense of the term) in these metacommunicative routines. Instead, ethnographers generally resort to the metacommunicative device that is defined by their speech communities as the most efficient means of acquiring information — the extended question/answer sequences known as 'interviews'. Researchers from sociology, linguistics, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and other disciplines have recently turned their attention to the study of conversation. Under the guise of Ordinary' or 'mundane' talk lies a largely uncharted world, and we have only begun to appreciate its richness and complexity. Admitting the fact that work in this area has only begun, even for the study of English, I wish to utilize some of the fruits of this exploration in opening the Pandora's box of ethnographic interviewing. My point is simple. Interviews count as tokens of the conversational type, and, as such, are subject to the factors that impinge on this sort of communication. Nevertheless, many of the problems that disrupt the circuit between speaker(s) and hearer(s) in general are especially problematical when it comes to ethnographic interviewing. Drawing on taperecorded examples of my own 'communicative blunders' in the field, I argue that the emergence of such 'procedural problems' often impedes the transmission of ethnographic information in interviews and distorts the data that do get across. My purpose in presenting this analysis is not, however, to try to persuade ethnographers to discard a 'tried and true'

Search for the relationship between academic performance and some psychosocial factors. The use of a structured interview.

Abstract: Eight hundred and seventy-four freshmen underwent a structured interview to study the relationship of psychosocial factors to academic performance. The scores were measured using the SPSS computer package. The results demonstrate positive significant relationships between study success and sex, fulfilled study expectations, fulfilled college expectations, informal contacts with faculty members, introversion and confidence. The scores indicate negative significant relationships between study success and regular alcohol drinking, abuse of medication and some psychopathological symptoms.

Inside the interview: Clinical considerations in the research interview

Abstract: The clinical interview is the major therapeutic tool which develops and directs psychological understanding of clients. Concepts and skills already refined by therapists in their clinical work and training can be extrapolated and adapted to do research about sensitive life experiences with a normal population. Transmission of knowledge thus gained expands the social work field in important ways.

How to Turn an Interview Into a Job

Abstract: OPEN INTERVIEW--the first 3 to 5 minutes are critical. You must be confident, poised, and articulate. This is the time to put your best foot forward. Present a perfect copy of your resume to each person participating in the interview. You should also have a copy in front of yourself to jog your memory if you need it. Make sure your handshake is firm. Make eye contact and smile. Wait to be invited to sit.