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An image-based narrative intervention to manage interview anxiety and performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2020

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Serene Lin-Stephens*
Affiliation:
Discipline of Rehabilitation Counselling, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, 75 East Street, Lidcombe, NSW2141, Australia
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Corresponding author. Email: slin9617@uni.sydney.edu.au
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Abstract

A visual narrative intervention – Serious Storytelling with Images – was proposed to manage interview anxiety and performance. Its ability to evocate significant incidents and enhance narratives construction was evaluated ideographically in two case studies. The findings suggest varying levels of sophistication in interviewee actions, challenges encountered, and perceived roles of images. Counselors can refer to the hierarchical concepts when tailoring interview training and coaching. Further investigation is highly recommended to confirm and measure intervention effects.

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Narrative interventionvocational counselinganxietyinterviewimage

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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , July 2020 , pp. 3 - 6
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© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press and The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling

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