In this final analysis of two interviews, I would like to examine the obstacles and mistakes that I encountered during the first interview and the improvements in the second interview by evaluating the levels of self-disclosure of each interviewee and the natures of the messages-both mine and the subjects’, as well as the quality of expressions, such as body languages.
The interviewees exhibited drastically different levels of self–disclosure; while the first interviewee, Ms. Jun, indicated signs of societal bias, the second interviewee, Mr. Keranakis did not have much difficulty describing his illness in great details and was able to express his feelings. For instance, Ms. Jun dodged revealing her complex feelings by giving a series of very short answers to most of the questions regarding her family and personal life. After the interview, she revealed to me that in her upbringing in a strict, “old school” Asian family, self-disclosure is considered as lack of emotional......
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