Virtual reality job interview training for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.
BACKGROUND: Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have low employment rates and the job interview presents a critical barrier for them to obtain competitive employment. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the acceptability and efficacy of virtual reality job interview training (VR-JIT) among veteran...
| Published in: | Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 271 - 280 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2015
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=109808795&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 109808795 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10522263 3O2 jtl: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation issn: 10522263 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2015 vid: 42 iid: 3 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 109808795 103429301 10.3233/JVR-150748 109808795 ppf: 271 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Virtual reality job interview training for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. aug: au: Smith, Matthew J. Boteler Humm, Laura Fleming, Michael F. Jordan, Neil Wright, Michael A. Ginger, Emily J. Wright, Katherine Olsen, Dale Belle, Morris D. affil: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA sug: subj: Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Therapy Virtual Reality Veterans Job Interviews Human Randomized Controlled Trials Neuropsychological Tests Computer Simulation Male White Persons Black Persons Checklists Demography Pretest-Posttest Design Role Playing Analysis of Variance Chi Square Test Linear Regression Funding Source Male ab: BACKGROUND: Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have low employment rates and the job interview presents a critical barrier for them to obtain competitive employment. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the acceptability and efficacy of virtual reality job interview training (VR-JIT) among veterans with PTSD via a small randomized controlled trial (n = 23 VR-JIT trainees, n= 10 waitlist treatment-as-usual (TAU) controls). METHODS: VR-JIT trainees completed up to 10 hours of simulated job interviews and reviewed information and tips about job interviewing, while wait-list TAU controls received services as usual. Primary outcome measures included two pre-test and two post-test video-recorded role-play interviews scored by blinded human resource experts and self-reported interviewing self-confidence. RESULTS: Trainees attended 95% of lab-based VR-JIT sessions and found the intervention easy-to-use, helpful, and prepared them for future interviews. VR-JIT trainees demonstrated significantly greater improvement on role-play interviews compared with wait-list TAU controls (p = 0.04) and demonstrated a large effect for within-subject change (Cohen's d =0.76). VR-JIT performance scores increased significantly overtime (R-Squared = 0.76). Although VR-JIT trainees showed a moderate effect for within-subject change on self-confidence (Cohen's d =0.58), the observed difference between conditions did not reach significance (p = 0.09). CONCLUSIONS: Results provide preliminary support that VR-JIT is acceptable to trainees and may be efficacious for improving job interview skills and self-confidence in veterans with PTSD. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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