A Strength-Based Intervention to Improve Job Interview Skills in Neurodiverse Young Adults
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 50
- 主要终点
- Global Assessment of Character Strengths (GACS)
研究概览
简要总结
the investigators are looking to evaluate the effectiveness of a strength-based program in improving job interview skills in neurodiverse young adults. This program is designed to help participants understand and speak to others about their personal qualities and abilities. The investigators are examining the effects of this program in young adults who may have difficulty with job interviews, and who may want to improve these skills. Some of these young adults have received special education services in the past for learning differences, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or dyslexia.
详细描述
Practicing job interview skills has been identified as an important target for job employment services in N-TAY. However, the majority of studies using interventions in neurodiverse individuals have taken a deficit-based approach (i.e. to fix what is deficient in a person). This approach has triggered increasing criticism and dissatisfaction from the disability community. Further, focusing on deficits will not result in identification, awareness, or expression of strengths, important skills needed for self-advocacy and transition to adulthood. KF-STRIDE takes a strength-based approach, using principles of positive psychology to help N-TAY identify and express their unique character strengths to future employers. Over the course of a recently funded pilot study, the team has evaluated the efficacy of KF-STRIDE in those on the autism spectrum. The investigators have found that individuals on the spectrum who train with KF-STRIDE show improved job interview skills, and preliminary data indicates that they also have improved chances of obtaining employment in the community. However, KF-STRIDE has never been evaluated in youth other than those on the spectrum, including those with ADHD, dyslexia or other learning differences which may benefit from the training. The investigators aim to evaluate the preliminary effectiveness of KF-STRIDE in a randomized controlled trial comparing KF-STRIDE to services as usual (SAU) to improve employment, as well as identify mechanistic targets which may lead to improved employment, and to evaluate the fidelity, acceptability, usability, and feasibility of the proposed intervention, KF-STRIDE, via initial process evaluation.
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
- •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
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
Mock Job Interview
时间窗: [Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-Test between weeks 7 and 8]
Blinded reviewers using a standardized scoring measure will rate the video recorded mock job interviews, where the minimum total value is a 0 and the maximum total value is 77, with higher scores meaning a better outcome.
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.
Employment Status
时间窗: Baseline, Immediate Post-Test between weeks 7 and 8, and 6 months Post-Test
We will examine whether the person became employed or other changes to their employment status. Yes=1, No=0
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
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.
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
未报告次要终点