This study questions whether it is possible to show greater interviewer agreement on client's problems as a result of training. The study examined the comparison of the behavioral assessment interview, the psychodynamic assessment interview, and a no-training control interview. Additionally, four other dependent variables were examined which related to effectiveness of interview format: proportion of problems identified of those mentioned by the client, number of problems mentioned by the client, total number of problems identified by the interviewer, and number of interviewer errors per interview. The results demonstrated that behavioral interviewers had significantly higher agreement than the psychodynamic and no-training control. Behavioral interviewers were also significantly comprehensive in that they better identified a higher proportion of the problems mentioned by clients than the other two groups. Consistently, although not significantly, the behavioral interviewers identified more problems overall than the other two groups, although the number of problems mentioned by clients did not vary by group. The surprising findings of the study is that behavioral interviewers made significantly more errors per interview than the others, despite their effectiveness in obtaining interviewer agreement on client problem reports.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/186482 |
| Date | January 1983 |
| Creators | LeBlanc, Cobbie P. |
| Contributors | Arkowitz, Harold S. |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic) |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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