A Strength-Based Intervention to Improve Job Interview Skills in Young Adults in a Community Setting
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Employment Status
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators are looking to evaluate how effective a strength-based intervention may be in improving job interview skills in young adults. The investigators are examining the effects of this intervention in young adults who may have difficulty with job interviews, and who may want to improve these skills.
详细描述
The investigators have developed KF-STRIDE, a promising web-based intervention which focuses on helping autistic transition age youth improve interview skills by 1) learning to identify their unique employable strengths, and 2) practice speaking about those strengths to potential employers in socially appropriate ways. The inability to express one's strengths to a potential employer can negatively affect interview performance and lead to difficulty with job obtainment. Importantly, KF-STRIDE is web-based, so it is highly scalable, and uses well-established principles of positive psychology. The investigators' pilot data evaluating KF-STRIDE in a lab-based setting indicates that after using KF-STRIDE, users experience increased knowledge of their personal strengths and improved job interview skills. However, KF-STRIDE's effectiveness in a real-world setting has not been established. Kessler Foundation (KF) Center for Autism Research will partner with Spectrum Works (or other community partner) (see letter of support) to implement and evaluate KF-STRIDE in a real-world setting. Spectrum Works is a non-profit organization which provides job training and employment opportunities to autistic youth. In the current study, KF-STRIDE will be implemented at Spectrum Works (or other community partner) by Spectrum Work staff members (trained by KF staff).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 14 Years 至 26 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Lives in the United States of America Between the ages of 14-26 Speaks English well and at a 4th grade reading level
排除标准
- •Had a stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, or neurological injury or disease in the past(like brain tumor or epilepsy) Has a history of significant psychiatric illness(like schizophrenia or psychosis) Has uncontrolled seizures or other unstable medical complications
结局指标
主要结局
Employment Status
时间窗: Baseline, Immediate Post-Test, and 6 months Post-Test
We will examine whether the person became employed or other changes to their employment status. Yes=1, No=0
Mock Job Interview
时间窗: Baseline, Immediate Post-Test between weeks 7 and 8
Blinded reviewers using a standardized scoring measure will rate the video recorded mock job interviews
Work Readiness Scale
时间窗: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8
13 items about the perception of one's ability to work, with values ranging from 1 to 5, with higher scores meaning a better outcome.
Global Assessment of Character Strengths (GACS)
时间窗: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8
24 items measuring one's identification of personal character strengths, with values ranging from 1 to 5, with higher scores meaning a better outcome
Time-to-reach Employment
时间窗: 6 months Post-Test
We will examine how long it took for the person to obtain employment. Assessed as weeks since intervention completion.
Strength Knowledge and Strengths Use Scale (SKUS)
时间窗: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8
Measure to assess knowledge and use of one's strengths and measure changes following strengths-based interventions. Two scores: Strengths Use and Strengths Knowledge. Strengths Use values range from 14-98, with higher score indicating a better outcome. Strengths Knowledge values range from 8-56, with higher score indicating a better outcome.
Youth Interview- Self Efficacy and Anxiety
时间窗: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8
25 items combined, about confidence and interview comfort in adolescents, with values ranging from 0 to 5 for each item, and higher scores meaning a better outcome.
Job Search Behavior Scale
时间窗: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8
12 items measuring how often one engages in job search activities- language modified for use in youth, with values ranging from 1-5, with higher scores meaning a better outcome.
次要结局
- Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)(Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8)