Trying similarity, doing difference: The role of interviewer self-disclosure in interview talk with young people.

Abell, Jackie and Condor, Susan G. and Gibson, S. and Locke, A. (2006) Trying similarity, doing difference: The role of interviewer self-disclosure in interview talk with young people. Qualitative Research, 6 (2). pp. 221-244. ISSN 1741-3109

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Abstract

Advocates of semi-structured interview techniques have often argued that rapport may be built, and power inequalities between interviewer and respondent counteracted, by strategic self-disclosure on the part of the interviewer. Strategies that use self-disclosure to construct similarity between interviewer and respondent rely on the presumption that the respondent will in fact interpret the interviewer's behaviour in this way. In this article we examine the role of interviewer self-disclosure using data drawn from three projects involving interviews with young people. We consider how an interviewer's attempts to ‘do similarity’ may be interpreted variously as displays of similarity or, ironically, as indicators of difference by the participant, and map the implications that this may have for subsequent interview dialogue. A particular object of concern relates to the ways in which self-disclosing acts may function in the negotiation of category entitlement within interview interactions.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Qualitative Research
Additional Information:
Abell was lead author. She formulated the idea and argument, conducted the analysis, and produced the write-up. RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? category entitlement • identity • interaction • interviews • narrative • self-disclosurehistory and philosophy of sciencesocial sciences (miscellaneous)bf psychology ??
ID Code:
3542
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Deposited On:
13 Mar 2008 13:43
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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15 Jul 2024 11:14