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| 3UL1TR002240-05S1 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source |
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| National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) | NIH |
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The goal is to conduct a feasibility effectiveness RCT of Virtual Interview Training (VIT) by comparing employment and recidivism outcomes of offenders (25 years and older) receiving vocational services as usual (SAU) plus VIT (SAU+VIT) with the outcomes of offenders receiving only services as usual (SAU-only).
The plan calls for participants to include offenders who are at moderate to high risk for reoffending (with an emphasis on violent-crime reoffending) who are currently enrolled in a Vocational Village Prison Setting with the Michigan Department of Corrections.
More than 600,000 ex-offenders re-enter the community from prison each year and 50% of them recidivate within 12 months of release. Employment significantly reduces the risk of recidivism for ex-offenders, and as such, is a critical target for intervention. However, evidence-based employment services are rarely delivered in prisons. Moreover, employment services that are available do not include evidence-based job interview training. Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT) is an evidence-based tool that was developed and evaluated with funding from the National Institute of Mental Health. However, VR-JIT has a feature to practice discussing a prior conviction during a job interview that has not yet been evaluated. Given that an ex-offender's job interview outcome may depend on discussing their prior conviction, we are partnering with the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) to evaluate if delivering VR-JIT within their Vocational Village program can improve employment and reduce recidivism among offenders after their release from prison. Thus, there are two goals for this pilot study. We will evaluate the preliminary effectiveness of whether VR-JIT added to Vocational Village services-as-usual improves outcomes (interview skills, employment, recidivism) for offenders after their release from prison (at a 6-month follow-up visit). These preliminary data will support a proposal to a federal agency for a fully-powered randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of VR-JIT with prison settings.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Services as usual + Virtual Reality Job Interview Training | Experimental | In addition to the services as usual, participants will participate in Virtual Reality Job Interview Training. |
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| Services as Usual | Active Comparator | Study participants will be receiving their Vocational Village services as usual that may include but not limited to vocational skill training, and social skill training. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Virtual Reality Job Interview Training | Behavioral | Participants will engage in training related to preforming well during a job interview as well as repeated job interview practice with a virtual hiring manager. Participants will receive feedback and tips on improving skills throughout training. |
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| Employment as Measured in Outcome Questionnaire | Employment rate will be measured by participant self-report using a questionnaire. | 6 Month & 12 month follow up after villagers are released. |
| Job Interview Skills From Mock Interview Rating Scale (MIRS) | Interviewing skills were measured using a role-play measure in which subjects act out two job interview scenarios with trained actors. Interviews were video recorded and scored. An average of the two scenarios at baseline was used to create a single pretest score and an average of the two scenarios at posttest was used to create a single posttest score. The method of assessment is the job interview skills rating scale as measured by the Mock Interview Rating Scale (MIRS). Possible scores range from 8 to 40, with higher scores indicating better interview skills. | Pretest (Baseline) and Posttest (approximately 6 weeks after Baseline) |
| Number of Participants on With at Least 1 Yes Answer to Recidivism Self-Report Questionnaire | Recidivism status will be collected via follow up self-report survey with a questions asking if they have been re-arrested (yes/no). The recidivism self-report data will be validated by administrative data collected from MDOC. | 6 Month and 12 months after Villager Release Date |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Matthew J Smith, PhD | University of Michigan | Principal Investigator |
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| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48109 | United States |
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| ID | Title | Description |
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| FG000 | Services as Usual | Study participants will be receiving their Vocational Village services as usual that may include but not limited to vocational skill training, and social skill training. Services as usual: Study participants will be receiving Vocational Village services as usual that may include but is not limited to vocational skill training, daily living skill training, and social skill training. |
| FG001 | Services as Usual + Virtual Reality Job Interview Training | In addition to the services as usual, participants will participate in Virtual Reality Job Interview Training. Virtual Reality Job Interview Training: Participants will engage in training related to preforming well during a job interview as well as repeated job interview practice with a virtual hiring manager. Participants will receive feedback and tips on improving skills throughout training. Services as usual: Study participants will be receiving Vocational Village services as usual that may include but is not limited to vocational skill training, daily living skill training, and social skill training. |
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| BG000 | Services as Usual | Study participants will be receiving their Vocational Village services as usual that may include but not limited to vocational skill training, and social skill training. Services as usual: Study participants will be receiving Vocational Village services as usual that may include but is not limited to vocational skill training, daily living skill training, and social skill training. |
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| Primary | Employment as Measured in Outcome Questionnaire | Employment rate will be measured by participant self-report using a questionnaire. | Posted | Count of Participants | Participants | 6 Month & 12 month follow up after villagers are released. |
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Adverse Event data were monitored/assessed through study completion (an average of 1 year per participant)
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| ID | Title | Description | Deaths (Affected) | Deaths (At Risk) | Serious Events (Affected) | Serious Events (At Risk) | Other Events (Affected) | Other Events (At Risk) |
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| EG000 | Services as Usual | Study participants will be receiving their Vocational Village services as usual that may include but not limited to vocational skill training, and social skill training. Services as usual: Study participants will be receiving Vocational Village services as usual that may include but is not limited to vocational skill training, daily living skill training, and social skill training. |
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| Title | Organization | Phone | Extension | |
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| Brittany Ross | University of Michigan | (734) 764-2368 | rossbrit@umich.edu |
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| Type | Includes Protocol | Includes SAP | Includes ICF | Document Label | Document Date | Document Uploaded Date | Document File Name |
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| Prot_SAP | Yes | Yes | No | Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan | Jun 6, 2020 | Jun 23, 2022 | Prot_SAP_000.pdf |
| ICF | No | No | Yes | Informed Consent Form: In-Person Consent | Jun 11, 2020 | Jun 23, 2022 | ICF_001.pdf |
| ICF | No | No | Yes | Informed Consent Form: Virtual Consent | Jun 11, 2020 | Jun 23, 2022 | ICF_002.pdf |
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| D000066479 | Criminal Behavior |
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| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Services as usual | Behavioral | Study participants will be receiving Vocational Village services as usual that may include but is not limited to vocational skill training, daily living skill training, and social skill training. |
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| BG001 | Services as Usual + Virtual Reality Job Interview Training | In addition to the services as usual, participants will participate in Virtual Reality Job Interview Training. Virtual Reality Job Interview Training: Participants will engage in training related to preforming well during a job interview as well as repeated job interview practice with a virtual hiring manager. Participants will receive feedback and tips on improving skills throughout training. Services as usual: Study participants will be receiving Vocational Village services as usual that may include but is not limited to vocational skill training, daily living skill training, and social skill training. |
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| Sex: Female, Male | Count of Participants | Participants |
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| Psychological Distress - DSM-5 Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure - Adult | The DSM-5 Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure - Adult is a self rated measure that assesses mental health domains with 23 questions. For this study, we excluded Suicidal Ideation and two Substance Use questions, so our total scale was 21. Items are on a 5-point scale (0 = none or not at all; 1 = slight or rare, less than a day or two; 2 = mild or several days; 3 = moderate or more than half the days; and 4 = severe or nearly every day). Scores can range from 0 to 84. A higher score represents a more severe/negative outcome of higher psychological distress. | Mean | Standard Deviation | units on a scale |
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| Risk for Non-Violent Reoffense | Risk for Non-Violent Reoffense is a component of the Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions tool, commonly known as COMPAS, for criminogenic risk and needs assessments and unified case planning. Scores were obtained from MDOC staff and the scores indicate Low, Medium, and High risk for non-violent re-offense. | Count of Participants | Participants |
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| Criminal Justice History: Arrest Count | Arrest count was a self-reported measure of how many times a participant had been arrested. Higher counts indicated more times arrested. | Mean | Standard Deviation | count |
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| Criminal Justice History: Total Years in Prison/Jail | Total Years in Prison/Jail was a self-reported question asking participants how many years they spent in prison/jail. Higher numbers indicated a higher time spent in prison/jail. | Mean | Standard Deviation | years |
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In addition to the services as usual, participants will participate in Virtual Reality Job Interview Training.
Virtual Reality Job Interview Training: Participants will engage in training related to preforming well during a job interview as well as repeated job interview practice with a virtual hiring manager. Participants will receive feedback and tips on improving skills throughout training.
Services as usual: Study participants will be receiving Vocational Village services as usual that may include but is not limited to vocational skill training, daily living skill training, and social skill training.
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| Primary | Job Interview Skills From Mock Interview Rating Scale (MIRS) | Interviewing skills were measured using a role-play measure in which subjects act out two job interview scenarios with trained actors. Interviews were video recorded and scored. An average of the two scenarios at baseline was used to create a single pretest score and an average of the two scenarios at posttest was used to create a single posttest score. The method of assessment is the job interview skills rating scale as measured by the Mock Interview Rating Scale (MIRS). Possible scores range from 8 to 40, with higher scores indicating better interview skills. | Those not included in analysis were for the following reasons: missing post-test data (n=11), inaudible study data (n=2), administratively withdrawn due self-disclosed anxiety about failing to be released from prison (n=1). n=6 excluded from SAU and n=8 excluded from SAU+VR-JIT. | Posted | Mean | Standard Error | score on a scale | Pretest (Baseline) and Posttest (approximately 6 weeks after Baseline) |
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| Primary | Number of Participants on With at Least 1 Yes Answer to Recidivism Self-Report Questionnaire | Recidivism status will be collected via follow up self-report survey with a questions asking if they have been re-arrested (yes/no). The recidivism self-report data will be validated by administrative data collected from MDOC. | Posted | Count of Participants | Participants | 6 Month and 12 months after Villager Release Date |
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| EG001 | Services as Usual + Virtual Reality Job Interview Training | In addition to the services as usual, participants will participate in Virtual Reality Job Interview Training. Virtual Reality Job Interview Training: Participants will engage in training related to preforming well during a job interview as well as repeated job interview practice with a virtual hiring manager. Participants will receive feedback and tips on improving skills throughout training. Services as usual: Study participants will be receiving Vocational Village services as usual that may include but is not limited to vocational skill training, daily living skill training, and social skill training. | 0 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 28 |
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