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| 90IFRE0071 | Other Grant/Funding Number | DHHS: Administration for Community Living |
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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.
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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Treatment | Experimental | Soft Skills Training Intervention via telehealth |
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| Control | No Intervention | Treatment as Usual (TAU) |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| iCareer Soft Skills Training for Employment | Behavioral | The telehealth iCareer intervention will be delivered during regular educational or vocational services (i.e., services from the Office of Disability Services (ODS) and/or from the school or college counseling center). Six modules of Soft Skills Training (SST), four group sessions for each module with 60 to 90 min for each session (depending on group size) will be delivered by trained project staff (graduate counseling student assistant or graduate counseling intern) via HIPAA-compliant Zoom videoconferencing. If participants are unable to join by Zoom videoconferencing, telephone (a format widely used in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) treatment delivery and in CBT for depression) will be utilized. Ethical guidelines for providing telehealth over videoconferencing or phone will be followed. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Higher Rates of Employment | Participants in iCareer will have higher rates of employment than participants in TAU alone as evidenced by self-report of acquiring a job. | 12 months post intervention |
| Higher Number of Hours Worked | Participants in iCareer will have higher numbers hours worked than particiapants in TAU alone as evidenced by self-report of hours worked. | 12 months post intervention |
| Increased Wages Earned | Participants in iCareer will have higher wages earned than participants in TAU alone as evidenced by self-report of wages earned. | 12 months post intervention |
| Improved Job Related Social Skills | 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). | 12 months post intervention |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Reduced Depressive Symptoms | Participants in iCareer will report less depression and overall symptoms than participants in TAU services alone as evidenced by lower scores on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9; Kroeneke et al., 2001) | 12 months post intervention |
| Improved Functional Status |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Weili Lu, PhD | Contact | 908-889-2453 | luwe1@shp.rutgers.edu | |
| Janice Oursler, PhD | Contact | 908-889-2462 | ourslejd@shp.rutgers.edu |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Weili Lu, PhD | Rutgers University, School of Health Professions | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Rutgers Univeristy, Newark- Office of Disability Services | Recruiting | Newark | New Jersey | 07102 | United States |
Secondary use of data may be available to researchers after the completion of the study, provided through de-identified data deposited to the data repository, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) as part of the grant award agreement required by the funding agency, the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). The ICPSR will further ensure that the data will in no way contain any identifying information for participants.
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Secondary use of data may be available to researchers after the completion of the study, provided through de-identified data deposited to the data repository, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) as part of the grant award agreement required by the funding agency, the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). The ICPSR will further ensure that the data will in no way contain any identifying information for participants.
Secondary use of data may be available to researchers after the completion of the study, provided through de-identified data deposited to the data repository, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) as part of the grant award agreement required by the funding agency, the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). The ICPSR will further ensure that the data will in no way contain any identifying information for participants.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
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Assessors will not be providing the intervention
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Participants in iCareer will report improved functional status related to their disability than participants in TAU alone as evidenced by lower scores on the Sheehan Disability Scale (Sheehan,1983) and lower scores on the BASIS-32 (Eisen et al., 1994). |
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| Reduced Mental Illness Stigma | Participants in iCareer will report less stigma related to mental illness than participants in TAU alone as evidenced by lower scores on the Brief Version of the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (ISMI-10; Boyd et al., 2014). | 12 months post intervention |
| Increased Work Empowerment | Participants in iCareer will report increased work empowerment compared to participants in TAU services alone as evidenced by higher scores on the Work Related Self-Efficacy Scale (WSS; Waghorn et al., 2005). | 12 months post intervention |
| Increased Job Satisfaction | Participants in iCareer will report increased job satisfaction compared to participants in TAU services alone as evidenced by higher scores on the Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale- Short Form (OSES; Schyns & von Collani, 2002). | 12 months post intervention |
| Increased Job Motivation | Participants in iCareer will report increased motivation to get employment compared to participants in TAU services alone as evidenced by lower scores on the Perceived Employment Barriers Survey (PEBS; Hong et al., 2014) and higher scores on the Short Employment Hope Scale (Hong &Choi, 2013). | 12 months post intervention |
| ID | Term |
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| D004651 | Employment |
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| D012959 | Socioeconomic Factors |
| D011154 | Population Characteristics |
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