University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, School of Creative Arts Therapies, Haifa, Israel.
PLoS One. 2024 Jul 31;19(7):e0307956. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307956. eCollection 2024.
Few autistic adults are able to integrate successfully into the world of work given their difficulties adapting to the social and stressful aspects of work environments. Interpersonal synchrony, when two or more individuals share body movements or sensations, is a powerful force that consolidates human groups while promoting the ability to self-regulate and cooperate with others. The abilities to self-regulate and cooperate are crucial for maintaining a calm and productive work environment. This study protocol outlines research that aims to assess the effects of group interpersonal synchrony on prosociality and work-related stress of young autistic adults in their work environment.
This mixed-methods randomized controlled trial will investigate two movement-based group synchronous and non-synchronous intervention conditions. The sample will be composed of young adults enrolled in an innovative Israeli program designed to integrate cognitively-abled 18- to 25-year-old autistic adults into the Israeli army work force. The movement-based intervention sessions will take place in groups of 10-14 participants, once a week for 10 weeks. Questionnaires, behavioral collaborative tasks and semi-structured interviews will be conducted. Quantitative data will be collected for each participant at three points of time: before and after the intervention period, and 17 weeks after the end of the intervention. Qualitative data will be collected after the intervention period in interviews with the participants.
Little is known about interventions that promote successful integration into social and stressful work environments. The findings are likely to shed new light on the use of group interpersonal synchrony in autistic individuals at work.
NCT05846308.
由于自闭症患者在适应工作环境的社交和压力方面存在困难，因此很少有成年自闭症患者能够成功融入工作世界。人际同步是指两个人或更多人共享身体动作或感觉，它是一种强大的力量，可以巩固人类群体，同时促进自我调节和与他人合作的能力。自我调节和合作的能力对于维持一个冷静和富有成效的工作环境至关重要。本研究方案概述了旨在评估小组人际同步对年轻自闭症成年人在工作环境中的亲社会行为和与工作相关压力的影响的研究。
这是一项混合方法随机对照试验，将调查两种基于运动的小组同步和非同步干预条件。该样本将由参加以色列一项创新计划的年轻人组成，该计划旨在将认知能力正常的 18 至 25 岁自闭症成年人纳入以色列军队的劳动力。基于运动的干预课程将以 10-14 名参与者为一组进行，每周一次，持续 10 周。将进行问卷调查、行为协作任务和半结构化访谈。将为每位参与者在三个时间点收集定量数据：干预前和干预后，以及干预结束后 17 周。定性数据将在干预后通过对参与者的访谈收集。
关于促进成功融入社交和压力工作环境的干预措施知之甚少。研究结果可能为在工作中的自闭症个体中使用小组人际同步提供新的见解。
NCT05846308。
