The present study investigated the effect of preinterview preparation on subsequent interviewee verbal behavior. Experimental training conditions employed detailed instructions, observational model, role rehearsal, and combinations of detailed instructions plus observational model and detailed instructions plus role rehearsal, A control condition provided only minimal instructions. Following role training, interviewees were seen in a 30-minute interview in which they talked on six aspects of their personal experiences. When role descriptive instructions were included as part of preparatory training, level of self-exploration and personal communication exceeded that of the control condition. Mode of demonstration (observational model vs. role rehearsal) or the presence or absence of a demonstration did not have differential impact on interviewee disclosures. Suggestions for continued interview behavior research as well as implications for psychotherapy techniques were discussed.

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Sixty-four volunteer college males, differing in reported histories of self-disclosure and assessed level of need approval, received personal versus impersonal information by and about E at the outset of an interview. Subsequently, 5s were requested to disclose their attitudes, feelings, and experiences about public and private topics. Approval-dependent 5s for the most part were not more defensive than low-needapproval 5s, either in their response to interviewer information models or types of topics. As expected, public topics elicited less guardedness and greater selfdisclosure than private aspects of self. Contrary to expectations, low self-disclosers were most disclosing when presented with personal information about the interviewer, and more so than 5s reporting high disclosure histories. Results were discussed in terms of viewing dyadic informational exchange from an interpersonal risk framework.

Type D (or ‘distressed’) personality has shown success in predicting hard medical outcomes (e.g. morbidity and mortality) in cardiac patients. Little is known about the relationship between Type D individuals prior to disease, or the role that coping may play in individuals with the distressed personality. The present study examined the relationships among Type D Personality, coping strategies, and heart rate variability (HRV) in a non‐medical sample of young adults. Social supportive coping was found to moderate the relationship between Type D personality and HRV. Additionally, as compared to non‐Type Ds, Type D individuals more often relied on avoidant forms of coping, and they less often relied on positive/problem focused strategies or social support to cope. Implications for primary prevention and future research were discussed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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