The Effectiveness of Group Interpersonal Synchrony in Young Autistic Adults' Work Environment: A Mixed Methods RCT
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 57
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Work-related stress during baseline
研究概览
简要总结
Background: Few autistic adults are able to integrate successfully into the world of work given their difficulties adapting to the social and stressful aspects of work environments. Interpersonal synchrony, when two or more individuals share body movements or sensations, is a powerful force that consolidates human groups while promoting the ability to self-regulate and cooperate with others. The abilities to self-regulate and cooperate are crucial for maintaining a calm and productive work environment.
Objectives: This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to assess the effects of group interpersonal synchrony on prosociality and work-related stress of young autistic adults in their work environment.
Methods: This mixed-methods RCT will investigate two movement-based group synchronous and non-synchronous intervention conditions. The sample will be composed of young adults enrolled in an innovative Israeli program designed to integrate cognitively-abled 18- to 25-year-old autistic adults into the Israeli army work force. The movement-based intervention sessions will take place in groups of 10-14 participants, once a week for 10 weeks. Questionnaires, behavioral collaborative tasks and semi-structured interviews will be conducted. Quantitative data will be collected for each participant at three points of time: before and after the intervention period, and four months after the end of the intervention. Qualitative data will be collected after the intervention period in interviews with 15% of the participants.
详细描述
Background: Few autistic adults are able to integrate successfully into the world of work given their difficulties adapting to the social and stressful aspects of work environments. Interpersonal synchrony, when two or more individuals share body movements or sensations, is a powerful force that consolidates human groups while promoting the ability to self-regulate and cooperate with others. The abilities to self-regulate and cooperate are crucial for maintaining a calm and productive work environment.
Objectives: The objectives are to determine:
- whether a synchronized group intervention will have an immediate and/or long-term positive effect on participants' prosociality and work-related stress.
- whether this effect will be mediated by participants' reported social closeness and sense of belonging.
- whether this effect will be influenced by participants' need to belong as reported before the intervention.
- how participants perceive the intervention as affecting their prosociality and work-related stress.
- in what ways the participants' perception of the intervention as affecting their prosociality and work-related stress will contribute to a better understanding of the intervention effect.
Methods: A mixed methods approach will be applied, where quantitative and qualitative data are collected and analyzed in parallel.
Participants: The sample will be composed of young adults (n=60) enrolled in an innovative Israeli program designed to integrate cognitively-abled 18- to 25-year-old autistic adults into the Israeli army workforce.
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
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 25 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Trainees must have an official diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder as assessed by a child psychiatrist or clinical psychologist according to the DSM-V.
排除标准
- •Trainees with severe sensory impairments such as blindness or deafness and/or severe physical disability.
结局指标
主要结局
Work-related stress during baseline
时间窗: Up to 1 month before start of intervention
Work-related stress will be measured using the Hebrew adaptation of the Irritation Scale. This scale comprises eight items, three of which assess cognitive irritation and five of which assess emotional irritation. Items are rated on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from "Strongly Disagree" (1) to "Strongly Agree" (7).
Cognitive cooperation during baseline
时间窗: Up to 1 month before start of intervention
Cognitive cooperation will be measured using the Public Good Game task: Participants will be told they will be given 30 NIS and that they can donate some or all of it to a group investment. The money in the group investment will then be doubled and divided equally among all members of the group. Cooperation on this task will be operationalized by the amount of money each participant decides to donate to the group investment.
Work-related stress during follow-up
时间窗: Between 3-4 month after end of intervention
Work-related stress will be measured using the Hebrew adaptation of the Irritation Scale. This scale comprises eight items, three of which assess cognitive irritation and five of which assess emotional irritation. Items are rated on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from "Strongly Disagree" (1) to "Strongly Agree" (7).
Behavioral cooperation during post-intervention
时间窗: Up to 1 month after end of intervention
Behavioral cooperation will be measured using the Collection task: Participants will have to work together to pick up 100 small washers (a flat plastic coin with a diameter of 4 cm). Cooperation on this task will be operationalized by participants' effort represented by their step rate (SR). SR will be measured using a wearable fitness tracker (Fitbit Inspire 2) that will be attached to the participants' wrists using a special band.
Work-related stress during post-intervention
时间窗: Up to 1 month after end of intervention
Work-related stress will be measured using the Hebrew adaptation of the Irritation Scale. This scale comprises eight items, three of which assess cognitive irritation and five of which assess emotional irritation. Items are rated on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from "Strongly Disagree" (1) to "Strongly Agree" (7).
Cognitive cooperation during post-intervention
时间窗: Up to 1 month after end of intervention
Cognitive cooperation will be measured using the Public Good Game task: Participants will be told they will be given 30 NIS and that they can donate some or all of it to a group investment. The money in the group investment will then be doubled and divided equally among all members of the group. Cooperation on this task will be operationalized by the amount of money each participant decides to donate to the group investment.
Cognitive cooperation during follow-up
时间窗: Between 3-4 month after end of intervention
Cognitive cooperation will be measured using the Public Good Game task: Participants will be told they will be given 30 NIS and that they can donate some or all of it to a group investment. The money in the group investment will then be doubled and divided equally among all members of the group. Cooperation on this task will be operationalized by the amount of money each participant decides to donate to the group investment.
Behavioral cooperation during baseline
时间窗: Up to 1 month before start of intervention
Behavioral cooperation will be measured using the Collection task: Participants will have to work together to pick up 100 small washers (a flat plastic coin with a diameter of 4 cm). Cooperation on this task will be operationalized by participants' effort represented by their step rate (SR). SR will be measured using a wearable fitness tracker (Fitbit Inspire 2) that will be attached to the participants' wrists using a special band.
Behavioral cooperation during follow-up
时间窗: Between 3-4 month after end of intervention
Behavioral cooperation will be measured using the Collection task: Participants will have to work together to pick up 100 small washers (a flat plastic coin with a diameter of 4 cm). Cooperation on this task will be operationalized by participants' effort represented by their step rate (SR). SR will be measured using a wearable fitness tracker (Fitbit Inspire 2) that will be attached to the participants' wrists using a special band.
次要结局
- Social Closeness during baseline(Up to 1 month before start of intervention)
- Social Closeness during post-intervention(Up to 1 month after end of intervention)
- Need to Belong during baseline(Up to 1 month before start of intervention)
- Need to Belong during post-intervention(Up to 1 month after end of intervention)
- Friendship Closeness during post-intervention(Up to 1 month after end of intervention)
- Sense of Belonging during follow-up(Between 3-4 month after end of intervention)
- Need to Belong during follow-up(Between 3-4 month after end of intervention)
- Social Closeness during follow-up(Between 3-4 month after end of intervention)
- Friendship Closeness during baseline(Up to 1 month before start of intervention)
- Sense of Belonging during post-intervention(Up to 1 month after end of intervention)
- Sense of Belonging during baseline(Up to 1 month before start of intervention)
- Friendship Closeness during follow-up(Between 3-4 month after end of intervention)
研究者
Tal-Chen Rabinowitch
Principal Investigator
University of Haifa