MGA contestants are judged in five categories: evening gown, solo talent, talent, and two types of interviews, male (in suit) and onstage (in drag).
Two types of interviews were conducted.
Two types of interviews were used for data collection: firstly, a quantitative survey method using two structured standardized psychological interview scales: the 25-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-25) and Modified Fertility Adjustment Scale (MFAS) [ 23, 24].
The combination of two types of interviews was based on our intention of gaining insight into how perceptions of aging and factors influencing these experiences are constructed and negotiated within social relationships.
There was one essential difference between the content of the two types of interviews, since a change in the perception of oneself was only described in the focus groups.
Caseworkers inform patients that the study concerns assessment of psychological problems, behaviour and other disorders, and that patients will be randomly assigned to one of two types of interviews.
Following advice from an external steering group of patient safety researchers, policy makers and patient representatives, a decision was made to use two types of interviews to help identify items.
For the sake of illustration, we will articulate, as a part of our presentation, a contrast between two types of interviewing: a fully structured psychiatric interview, performed by a clinician psychiatrist or psychologist or even a non-clinician (a student, a nurse, etc).
> Three types of interview instruments were used in the study: a closed-ended client exit interview, an open-ended client exit interview and a facility assessment instrument.
Subjects were screened for eligibility, enrolled, and scheduled for one of the two types of qualitative interviews.
