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

Qualitative Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-244

  Abell, Jackie ^a   Locke, Abigail ^b   Condor, Susan ^a   Gibson, Stephen ^a   Stevenson, Clifford ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Category entitlement; Identity; Interaction; Interviews; Narrative; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645667653     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794106062711     Document Type: Article

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