Few data exist on factors that predict success during the behavioral interview component of the residency application process.
The sample was randomly drawn from a larger random sample of 15,288 veterans who participated in the telephone interview component of the VES.
Data on individuals who completed the questionnaire were matched to information gathered from the telephone interview component of the survey to obtain the data used in this study.
Mentors from the September 2011 cohort who expressed an interest in being interviewed were sent a participant information sheet for the interview component of the study and a consent form.
TA acted as adjunct coordinator of the interview component of the general project, participated in the data collection, led the conception of this paper, and actively worked in the text construction.
The interview component of the research study aims to collect in-depth qualitative data on individuals' behaviours, attitudes and ecological characteristics, including exploring potentially more sensitive factors, such as the influence of family and peers.
There was a written section on motivational interviewing that described principles of motivational interviewing, components of motivational interviewing, strategies to promote change, getting people to talk about change, signs of readiness for change, possible key questions to ask clients, and roadblocks to motivational interviewing.
The M-CIDI program was translated into Finnish in collaboration with a Munich-based computer operator, who produced Finnish-language M-CIDI versions of different interview components for preliminary testing.
If the adolescent consented to participation, an appointment was made for an interview (consisting of both interview components and self-report questionnaires such as the Youth Self-Report, version 1991 [ 2]) at the juvenile justice institution.
To reduce participant burden the completion of the various interview components will be staggered (Table 1).
