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Abstract
An experimental design was used to explore the effects of interview context on the scores of 50 breast cancer patients and a closely matched comparison group of 50 women on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale. It was found that the breast cancer patients were more depressed than were the women in the comparison group and that the interview context had no impact on the scores of either group. These findings do not support those of a previously reported study by Metzger, Rogers, and Bauman.