Smith Matthew J, Ginger Emily J, Wright Michael, Wright Katherine, Boteler Humm Laura, Olsen Dale, Bell Morris D, Fleming Michael F
*Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; †SIMmersion LLC, Columbia, MD; ‡Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT; and §Department of Family Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2014 Sep;202(9):659-67. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000187.
Services are available to help support existing employment for individuals with psychiatric disabilities; however, there is a gap in services targeting job interview skills that can help obtain employment. We assessed the feasibility and efficacy of Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT) in a randomized controlled trial. Participants were randomized to VR-JIT (n = 25) or treatment-as-usual (TAU) (n = 12) groups. VR-JIT consisted of 10 hours of simulated job interviews with a virtual character and didactic online training. The participants attended 95% of laboratory-based training sessions and found VR-JIT easy to use and felt prepared for future interviews. The VR-JIT group improved their job interview role-play performance (p ≤ 0.05) and self-confidence (p ≤ 0.05) between baseline and follow-up as compared with the TAU group. VR-JIT performance scores increased over time (R = 0.65). VR-JIT demonstrated initial feasibility and efficacy at improving job interview skills and self-confidence. Future research may help clarify whether this intervention is efficacious in community-based settings.
有服务可用于帮助支持患有精神疾病的个体维持现有工作；然而，针对有助于获得工作的求职面试技巧的服务存在缺口。我们在一项随机对照试验中评估了虚拟现实求职面试培训（VR-JIT）的可行性和有效性。参与者被随机分为VR-JIT组（n = 25）或常规治疗（TAU）组（n = 12）。VR-JIT包括与虚拟角色进行10小时的模拟求职面试以及在线教学培训。参与者参加了95%的基于实验室的培训课程，发现VR-JIT易于使用，并为未来的面试做好了准备。与TAU组相比，VR-JIT组在基线和随访之间的求职面试角色扮演表现（p≤0.05）和自信心（p≤0.05）有所改善。VR-JIT的表现分数随时间增加（R = 0.65）。VR-JIT在提高求职面试技巧和自信心方面显示出初步的可行性和有效性。未来的研究可能有助于阐明这种干预措施在社区环境中是否有效。
