[The Qualitative Interview and the Necessary Attitude of Openness]

The article takes a look at the qualitative interviews frequently used in the rehabilitation sciences and their practical implementation. An essential aspect of conducting an interview - in addition to characteristics of processuality and communication - is the attitude of openness. This comprises several aspects in the qualitative research process, which are specifically mentioned here. This begins with a methodological openness in the selection and application of suitable methods for the research object to be investigated. The attitude of openness continues in the research process when possible adjustments in the approach become necessary, which can and should then also be the subject of methodological reflection. Openness thus refers to the entire research process and its unforeseen events and progressions. However, an attitude of openness also and especially means an open-mindedness towards the interviewees as well as towards the interview situation and its framework conditions. Last but not least, this requires openness towards oneself in the sense of a reflection of one's own self-evidence in order to (re-)structure interviews as little as possible.