The effect of client gender role identity and interviewer and client gender on the Length of conversation and on the degree of self-disclosure of clients

• Main Authors: Cuason, Sherwin, Figueroa, Ma. Christina, Magno, Carlo
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1998
• Subjects: Sex role; Counseling; Clinical sociology; Interviewing; Identity (Psychology); Social psychology; Social case work; Client-centered psychotherapy; Counselors; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/8822
• Institution: De La Salle University

The effect of the gender of client and interviewer, and gender role identity of clients on the length of conversation or call and the degree of clients self-disclosure was investigated in the context of a telephone interview. The design of the study is factorial ( 2 X 2 X 2) in which the main and interactive effects of the variables are studied. The gender of the interviewer and client was differed into male and female. The gender role identity of the clients was differed into sex-typed and androgynous as measured by the Bem's Sex Role Inventory. There were 80 respondents, 40 males and 40 females who were randomly assigned to a male or female interviewer. The 80 respondents as part of their General Psychology course were requested to participate in a psychological interview over the telephone and were instructed to record their conversation. An Ad-hoc Inventory had an inter-rater reliability of 0.4. The results indicated that there is a significant difference on client's self-disclosure as their gender differs, females self-disclose more as compared to males. There were no significant differences on clients self-disclosure as the gender of the interviewer and the gender role identity of clients vary, even though the client is androgynous or sex-type they still disclose at the same time degree, androgynous clients self-disclose more to the opposite gender while sex-type clients self-disclose more to the same gender. There is a significant interaction effect among the gender of the client and interviewer, and the clients gender role identity. No significant difference was found on the length of call as the gender of the client and interviewer, and clients gender role identity varies, it is not a good predictor of self-disclosure.