1 Kanazawa University, Japan.
2 Keio University School of Medicine, Japan.
Autism. 2019 Aug;23(6):1586-1595. doi: 10.1177/1362361319827134. Epub 2019 Feb 22.
Job interviews are significant barriers for individuals with autism spectrum disorder because these individuals lack good nonverbal communication skills. We developed a job interview training program using an android robot. The job interview training program using an android robot consists the following three stages: (1) tele-operating an android robot and conversing with others through the android robot, (2) a face-to-face mock job interview with the android robot, and (3) feedback based on the mock job interview and nonverbal communication exercises using the android robot. The participants were randomly assigned to the following two groups: one group received a combined intervention with "interview guidance by teachers and job interview training program using an android robot" ( = 13), and the other group received an intervention with interview guidance by teachers alone ( = 16). Before and after the intervention, the participants in both groups underwent a mock job interview with a human interviewer, who provided outcome measurements of nonverbal communication, self-confidence, and salivary cortisol. After the training sessions, the participants who received the combined interview guidance by teachers and the job interview training program using an android robot intervention displayed improved nonverbal communication skills and self-confidence and had significantly lower levels of salivary cortisol than the participants who only received interview guidance by teachers. The job interview training program using an android robot improved various measures of job interview skills in individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
工作面试对于自闭症谱系障碍患者来说是一个重大的障碍，因为这些患者缺乏良好的非言语沟通技巧。我们使用安卓机器人开发了一种工作面试培训计划。该安卓机器人的工作面试培训计划包括以下三个阶段：（1）远程操控安卓机器人并通过安卓机器人与人交流，（2）与安卓机器人进行面对面模拟工作面试，以及（3）基于模拟工作面试和使用安卓机器人进行非言语沟通练习的反馈。参与者被随机分配到以下两个组：一组接受“教师面试指导和安卓机器人工作面试培训计划”的联合干预（ = 13），另一组仅接受教师面试指导的干预（ = 16）。在干预前后，两组参与者都与人类面试官进行了模拟工作面试，面试官提供了非言语沟通、自信和唾液皮质醇的结果测量。在培训课程结束后，接受教师面试指导和安卓机器人工作面试培训计划联合干预的参与者表现出了改进的非言语沟通技巧和自信，唾液皮质醇水平也显著低于仅接受教师面试指导的参与者。使用安卓机器人的工作面试培训计划提高了自闭症谱系障碍患者的各种工作面试技能的测量。
