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Interviews as Catalysts in a Community Setting
(American Psychological Association, 1978) Brown, L. Dave; Tandon, Rajesh
This study examines the effects of interviews about community experience on the attitudes and behavior of adult residents in two newly developed condominium communities. Volunteers and a randomly selected experimental group were interviewed, and their responses to community experience questionnaires were analyzed shortly after the interviews and again six months later. Interviewed respondents reported more involvement in their communities and exhibited more activism in community affairs than non-interviewed controls. The study explores the dynamics of interviews as catalytic events and discusses the implications of these findings for future research involving interviews.