Internet Assisted Career-Oriented Soft-skills Training (iCareer) for Transition Age Youth with Mental Health Conditions: a Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 126
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Higher Number of Hours Worked
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an internet- assisted Career-Oriented Work-Related Soft-skills Training (iCareer) intervention, infused with cognitive behavioral therapy, targeting individuals ages 16-24 with mental health conditions, to improve employment outcomes. The overall objective is to help transition-age youth (TAY) with psychiatric disabilities achieve optimal employment outcomes as part of successful transition to adulthood. Findings will have implications for enhancing and developing pre-employment services for TAY with psychiatric disabilities.
详细描述
The investigators propose to perform an open trial research study directed toward producing new knowledge about the Direct Skills Teaching intervention for employment related interpersonal "soft" skills. Soft skills are generally defined as social, emotional, interpersonal, adaptive, and problem-solving skills (Grugulis et al., 2009). The investigators will examine the feasibility of integrated Direct Skills Training modules in social, emotional, interpersonal, adaptive, and problem-solving skills (Soft Skills at Work (SSW)) on improving employment participation and success among transition age youth and young adults (TAY) with disabilities ages 18-24.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Factorial
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Assessors will not be providing the intervention
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 16 Years 至 24 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Age between 16 and 24 years
- •Must speak English fluently
- •Receiving Individualized Education Program (IEP)/504 Plan or disability services within the past 24 months with primary disability types of psychiatric disability
- •No hospitalizations or suicide attempts within the past 2 months
- •Willing to provide informed consent (if younger than 18, parental consent) to participate in the study
- •Interested in improving work-related social skills
排除标准
- •Current presence of neurological disease or brain injury
- •Psychiatric instability such as gross psychosis or acute suicidality
- •Current alcohol or substance dependence
- •Hospitalization or suicide attempts in the past 2 months
结局指标
主要结局
Higher Number of Hours Worked
时间窗: 12 months post intervention
Participants in iCareer will have higher numbers hours worked than particiapants in TAU alone as evidenced by self-report of hours worked.
Improved Job Related Social Skills
时间窗: 12 months post intervention
Participants in iCareer will have better job-related social skills than in TAU alone as evidenced by higher scores on the Job Related Social Skills Checklist (Reganick, 1995).
Higher Rates of Employment
时间窗: 12 months post intervention
Participants in iCareer will have higher rates of employment than participants in TAU alone as evidenced by self-report of acquiring a job.
Increased Wages Earned
时间窗: 12 months post intervention
Participants in iCareer will have higher wages earned than participants in TAU alone as evidenced by self-report of wages earned.
次要结局
- Improved Functional Status(12 months post intervention)
- Reduced Mental Illness Stigma(12 months post intervention)
- Increased Job Motivation(12 months post intervention)
- Reduced Depressive Symptoms(12 months post intervention)
- Increased Job Satisfaction(12 months post intervention)
- Increased Work Empowerment(12 months post intervention)
研究者
Weili Lu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey