A Strength-Based Intervention to Improve Job Interview Skills in Young Adults in a Community Setting

NCT06380569 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: E-1139-21 Community Setting
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (8)

• Mock Job Interview

  Blinded reviewers using a standardized scoring measure will rate the video recorded mock job interviews

  Baseline, Immediate Post-Test between weeks 7 and 8

• Employment Status

  We will examine whether the person became employed or other changes to their employment status. Yes=1, No=0

  Baseline, Immediate Post-Test, and 6 months Post-Test

• Time-to-reach Employment

  We will examine how long it took for the person to obtain employment. Assessed as weeks since intervention completion.

  6 months Post-Test

• Strength Knowledge and Strengths Use Scale (SKUS)

  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.

  Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8

• Youth Interview- Self Efficacy and Anxiety

  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.

  Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8

• Job Search Behavior Scale

  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.

  Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8

• Work Readiness Scale

  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.

  Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8

• Global Assessment of Character Strengths (GACS)

  24 items measuring one's identification of personal character strengths, with values ranging from 1 to 5, with higher scores meaning a better outcome

  Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)

  Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8

Study Arms (2)

Treatment Group

EXPERIMENTAL

In this arm, participants would participate in in an intervention program that uses character strengths to improve job maintenance skills in young adults.

Behavioral: KF-STRIDE®

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

In this arm, participants are services as usual and will participate in their regular activities.

Interventions

KF-STRIDE® BEHAVIORAL

Treatment group will receive 10 web based sessions of a strength-based training tool (once or twice a week). Sessions are approximately 60 minutes long.

Also known as: Kessler Foundation Strength Identification and Expression

Treatment Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 26 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Lives in the United States of America Between the ages of 14-26 Speaks English well and at a 4th grade reading level

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kessler Foundation: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kessler Foundation

East Hanover, New Jersey, 07936, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Interventions

Gene Expression

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Child Development Disorders, Pervasive; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Genetic Phenomena

Study Officials

• Helen Genova, Ph. D.

  Kessler Foundation

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Helen Genova, Ph. D.

CONTACT

973-324-8390; hgenova@kesslerfoundation.org

Katarina Reduzzi, MA

CONTACT

kreduzzi@kesslerfoundation.org

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Kessler Foundation Strength Identification and Expression (KF-STRIDE®)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 18, 2024
• First Posted: April 24, 2024
• Study Start: July 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2025
• Study Completion: December 1, 2025
• Last Updated: July 24, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)