abstract: '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-2 = 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.'
affiliation: 'Smith, MJ (Corresponding Author), Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med,
  Dept Psychiat \& Behav Sci, 710 N Lake Shore Dr,Abbott Hall 13th Floor, Chicago,
  IL 60611 USA.

  Smith, Matthew J.; Ginger, Emily J.; Wright, Michael; Wright, Katherine; Fleming,
  Michael F., Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med, Dept Psychiat \& Behav Sci, Chicago,
  IL 60611 USA.

  Humm, Laura Boteler; Olsen, Dale, SIMmersion LLC, Columbia, MD USA.

  Bell, Morris D., Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Vet Affairs, Dept Psychiat, West Haven,
  CT 06516 USA.

  Fleming, Michael F., Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med, Dept Family Med, Chicago,
  IL 60611 USA.'
author: Smith, Matthew J. and Ginger, Emily J. and Wright, Michael and Wright, Katherine
  and Humm, Laura Boteler and Olsen, Dale and Bell, Morris D. and Fleming, Michael
  F.
author-email: matthewsmith@northwestern.edu
author_list:
- family: Smith
  given: Matthew J.
- family: Ginger
  given: Emily J.
- family: Wright
  given: Michael
- family: Wright
  given: Katherine
- family: Humm
  given: Laura Boteler
- family: Olsen
  given: Dale
- family: Bell
  given: Morris D.
- family: Fleming
  given: Michael F.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000187
eissn: 1539-736X
files: []
issn: 0022-3018
journal: JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE
keywords: 'Psychiatric disability; virtual reality training; job interview skills;

  vocational training'
keywords-plus: 'SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL COGNITION; WORK OUTCOMES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

  SKILLS; PEOPLE; BARRIERS; EFFICACY; COMORBIDITY; COMPETENCE'
language: English
month: SEP
number: '9'
number-of-cited-references: '56'
orcid-numbers: 'Wright, Katherine/0000-0001-5967-8156

  Bell, Morris/0000-0003-0795-9196

  Smith, Matthew/0000-0002-0079-1477'
pages: 659-667
papis_id: 61ab68f127dc65d5de58921d743f48f8
ref: Smith2014virtualreality
researcherid-numbers: 'Wright, Katherine/AAF-5366-2020

  '
times-cited: '37'
title: Virtual Reality Job Interview Training for Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000341703700006
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '39'
volume: '202'
web-of-science-categories: Clinical Neurology; Psychiatry
year: '2014'