Metacognitive Self Control and Job Interview Training

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• Self-Control 168
• Recidivism 32

Keywords

• employment

Self-Control

168 studies on the registry are indexed under Self-Control; 22 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 21 is below the median of 88 across 144 interventional studies indexed under Self-Control.

Lead sponsor

University of Michigan is the lead sponsor of 1,506 studies on the registry; 192 are open to participants now.

Of its 169 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 133 (79%) have results posted.

Study arms

• Experimental
  Metacognitive Self-Control Training (MCT) + Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT)

  This group will receive the MCT intervention plus the VR-JIT intervention. We are anticipating 6-8 weeks, with 1-3 sessions per week for each intervention.

  Behavioral: Metacognitive Self-Control Training (MCT) · Behavioral: Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT)

• Experimental
  Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT)

  This group will receive just the VR-JIT intervention. We are anticipating 6-8 weeks, with 1-3 sessions per week for this intervention.

  Behavioral: Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT)

Interventions

• BehavioralMetacognitive Self-Control Training (MCT)

  Metacognitive Self-Control Training (MCT) was originally developed by the Michigan Skills Project for students in middle/high school. The MCT training intervention has been updated to be suitable for adults. MCT is a lecture style intervention that encompasses 13 modules (over the course of 4 weeks) on improving self-control that is to be delivered in a community setting. Across the training, participants will learn new "tools" for improving self-control.

• BehavioralVirtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT)

  VR-JIT provides trainees with an opportunity to repeatedly practice interviewing for a job at fictional company 'Wondersmart'. Prior to interviewing, trainees review self-guided e-learning materials on how to find, prepare for, succeed in, and follow-up on job interviews that includes the review of 10 job interview skills. Trainees also complete an online job application for one of 14 jobs (e.g., cashier, clerical, customer service, food services, inventory, janitorial, web developer) that informs the virtual interview experience.

Primary outcomes

1. Change in Self-Control Measured by Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS)

   The measure is a Likert Scale style questionnaire. 13 items are scored from 1 (not at all) to 5 (Very much). The total score is calculated from adding all items together and higher scores indicate higher levels of self-control.

   Time frame: Baseline and posttest (approximately 8 weeks after baseline)

2. Change in Self-Control Measured by Barratt Impulsiveness Scale

   The measure is a Likert Scale style questionnaire. 30 items are scored from 1 (Rarely/Never) to 4 (Almost Always/Always). The total score is calculated from adding all items together and range from 30 to 120; higher scores indicate higher levels of impulsiveness.

   Time frame: Baseline and posttest (approximately 8 weeks after baseline)

3. Change in Self-Control Measured by Short Form Self-Regulation Questionnaire

   The measure is a Likert Scale style questionnaire. 31 items are scored from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree). The total score is calculated from adding all items together. Higher scores indicate higher self-regulation capacity.

   Time frame: Baseline and posttest (approximately 8 weeks after baseline)

4. Change in Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Symptomology measured by ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS)

   The Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) is an instrument consisting of the eighteen Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, text revision (DSM-IV TR) criteria. Six of the eighteen questions were found to be the most predictive of symptoms consistent with ADHD. These six questions are the basis for the ASRS v1.1 Screener and are also Part A of the Symptom Checklist. Part B of the Symptom Checklist contains the remaining twelve questions. All questions utilize a Likert scale from Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, to Very Often.

   Time frame: Baseline and posttest (approximately 8 weeks after baseline)

5. Change in Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Symptomology measured by the Structured Clinical Interview (SCID-RV) for The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)

   The Structured Clinical Interview (SCID-RV) for DSM-5 for Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder measures ADHD symptomology. The module is made up of 5 major criteria with items in each criteria using a 3 point Likert scale ranging from 1 "absent or False" to 3 "threshold or true". This module uses a dichotomous scoring method that indexes whether a symptom is present or not. Only responses of "threshold or true" are coded as symptom present, while responses of "subthreshold" or "absent or false" are coded as symptom absent, so each individual will have a score of symptom absent = 0, and symptom present = 1 for criteria A through E.

   Time frame: Baseline and posttest (approximately 8 weeks after baseline)

6. Change in Employment Outcome

   Employment survey indicating that participants are either employed (1) or unemployed (0).

   Time frame: Baseline and 9 Month Follow Up (9 Months after randomization)

Secondary outcomes

1. Change in Recidivism

   Researchers will track if a participant becomes re-incarcerated throughout the entire study. This will be marked as Yes (1) or No (0) in our database tracking.

   Time frame: Baseline and throughout 9 Month Follow Up (9 Months after randomization)

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No