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INTERVIEWING VERY OLD PEOPLE
Author(s) -
Job E.,
Johansen C.,
Jones J.,
Spenceley E.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1982.tb00983.x
Subject(s) - interview , respondent , situational ethics , psychology , pace , set (abstract data type) , excellence , social psychology , applied psychology , sociology , computer science , political science , geodesy , anthropology , law , programming language , geography
Summary Interviewing is an interactional situation par excellence. Nevertheless situational, respondent, and interviewer effect can be distinguished, all of which introduce biases. These biases are best dealt with by bringing them out into the open at all stages of the research, so that their effects can be recognised and allowed for. Finally, some suggestions have been made for the interviewing of very old people. They include the reminder that such respondents are highly individual, and cannot be adequately described by stereotypes; but consideration should be shown for common disabilities such as hearing loss. Respondents should be allowed to set their own pace, however slow that may seem to the interviewer, and as far as possible, their own choice of emphasis on topics. And like respondents of all ages, they must be interviewed only with their full consent and understanding, and accorded the respect due to one human being by another.