Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Interview Transcript:
[Interviewer]: Thanks for doing this for me mom, we are going to start with the interview now.
Our first question is, can you please describe a typical day for me?
[Cristina]: Sure, I wake up very early, usually around 5:30am. I read my scriptures and begin
my day around 6:00am, I throw some clothes on and take out the dogs for their
morning walk, give them their medicine, and feed them. I then get to organizing
the house a little bit, do chores like, breakfast, lunch, cleaning. I work on any
pending things I have on my agenda, usually take a nap after lunch and help you
[Interviewer]: Awesome, sounds like a good day to me. So, tell me about yourself a little, what
[Cristina]: Well, probably eating (Laughter). We love to go out and try new food. I also
really enjoy dancing, seeing you dance, having laugh together. Basically,
[Cristina]: Mmm, I think doing the housework on my own (Stares at interviewer judgingly)
[Interviewer]: Ok. Tell me about your best friend—their qualities and attributes.
[Cristina]: I think I don’t have best friends outside of us. I mean if I had to pick one it would
be you. And you know, you are charming, funny, I love the way you have turned
[Cristina]: Well, I think that going to the children’s foundation and helping out with making
them smile and feel better anyway we can. I wish we could do more. But you
[Interviewer]: That’s great! Ok. Tell me what your most favorite accomplishment in your life
so far is.
[Cristina]: That is tough, I would say having my family sealed in the temple….
[Cristina]: Both. It was a very hard time for us to get the sealing authorization, and well-
[Cristina]: I think I regret not having more children. The rest I think everything I have done
has led me to this moment. Where I have learnt and loved in extreme manner.
[Interviewer]: Ok, tell me what you’re looking forward to in the next year?
[Cristina]: Well, we have our moving plans, but now with the coronavirus stuff everything is
[Interviewer]: Do you think this has affected your mental health a lot?
[Cristina]: Yes. I didn’t know how anxiety felt until now. I know regret judging those
people.
[Interviewer]: I totally know what you mean. So, what plans do you have for the next 5-10
years?
[Cristina]: I want to be able to see my grand-children grow, see you get married and have kids
of your own. Spend time with your siblings and dad, as a family. Help you out in
what I can most. I feel like you are my little girl and I need to always be there for
you.
[Interviewer]: Well, I would love that. Thank you for taking this time to talk to me.
Analysis
Physical Development
Cristina is a healthy woman. She has always enjoyed amazing physical health and has a
very good physique. She has a beautiful complexion and even appears less age. She went
through menopause about 5 years ago and it went on by very smoothly, she did not feel much
hormonal change, just a few heatwaves here and there, and a few anger tantrums but not during a
long period. She has also gained weight in the last few years, her doctors say it may be due to a
hormonal disease, but that it is quite normal in women her age. Nevertheless, she gets exercise
each day. Cristina’s vision was perfect before it started to decay by age, her skin is starting to
Cognitive Development
Cristina has a high level of crystallized intelligence. She is a very intelligent woman, she
moonlights as an institute teacher at church, and in her spare time she gives personalized classes
to children, in subjects like math, science, biology, chemistry and physics, these skills show good
judgement and accumulated knowledge. She also works on Sudokus and games of the sort on a
daily basis to improve and maintain her good memory and skills. She is above average in fluid
intelligence due to the complex nature of evaluating and teaching her students, also due to what
she does in her free time. In general, Cristina has a very strong factual memory and she seems
Socio-Emotional Development
Cristina has a healthy emotional development, she does not appear to have had a mid-life
crisis as indicated in her interview where she stated she lives a happy life filled with love with
her family. She also indicated not having any regrets, except that she would have wanted more
children.
Cristina does not show any bad relationship within her family. Although, she counts with barely
no friendships, she made her world her family and this is basically her entire circle.
Overall, Cristina is a happy woman, she is better adjusted to her life than almost anyone
else the researcher has ever met. She accepts everything that life throws at her and makes out of