Recruiting

Strength-Based Intervention

Sponsor:

Kessler Foundation

Code:

NCT06380569

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 26

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

KF-STRIDE®

Study Details

Brief summary:

The investigators are looking to evaluate how effective a strength-based intervention may be in improving job interview skills in young adults. The investigators are examining the effects of this intervention in young adults who may have difficulty with job interviews, and who may want to improve these skills.

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Study ID

NCT06380569

Start date

Jul 1, 2024

Status verified date

Jul, 2024

Completion date

Dec 1, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 1, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 26

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Lives in the United States of America Between the ages of 14-26 Speaks English well and at a 4th grade reading level

Exclusion Criteria:

Had a stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, or neurological injury or disease in the past(like brain tumor or epilepsy) Has a history of significant psychiatric illness(like schizophrenia or psychosis) Has uncontrolled seizures or other unstable medical complications

Study Design

Enrollment

30 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Treatment Group

In this arm, participants would participate in in an intervention program that uses character strengths to improve job maintenance skills in young adults.

no intervention: Control Group

In this arm, participants are services as usual and will participate in their regular activities.

Interventions

KF-STRIDE®

Treatment group will receive 10 web based sessions of a strength-based training tool (once or twice a week). Sessions are approximately 60 minutes long.

Primary outcome measure

  • Mock Job Interview [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-Test between weeks 7 and 8 ]
  • Employment Status [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-Test, and 6 months Post-Test ]
  • Time-to-reach Employment [ Time Frame: 6 months Post-Test ]
  • Strength Knowledge and Strengths Use Scale (SKUS) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8 ]
  • Youth Interview- Self Efficacy and Anxiety [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8 ]
  • Job Search Behavior Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8 ]
  • Work Readiness Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8 ]
  • Global Assessment of Character Strengths (GACS) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Helen Genova, Ph. D.

973-324-8390hgenova@kesslerfoundation.org

Katarina Reduzzi, MA

kreduzzi@kesslerfoundation.org

Locations

Kessler Foundation

Recruiting

East Hanover, New Jersey, United States, 07936

More Information

Sponsor

Kessler Foundation

Last update posted

Jul 24, 2024

Last verified

Jul, 2024

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Kessler Foundation on 2024-07-24.