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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Virtual-reality job interview training (VR-JIT) has shown promise in improving employment outcomes for individuals with severe mental illness or autism spectrum disorder.
  • The specific mechanisms through which VR-JIT facilitates job offer acquisition require further elucidation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether enhanced interviewing skills mediate the relationship between completing VR-JIT and obtaining a job offer.
  • To examine the role of postintervention skills in the success of VR-JIT for job seekers with psychiatric conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Seventy-nine trainees with psychiatric diagnoses completed VR-JIT, including pre- and posttest mock interviews.
  • A six-month follow-up survey assessed job offer attainment.
  • Mediation analyses were conducted to evaluate the indirect effect of VR-JIT completion on job offers via interviewing skills.

Main Results:

  • The number of completed virtual interviews positively predicted posttest interviewing skills (β=.20).
  • Improved interviewing skills significantly predicted obtaining a job offer (β=.28).
  • These findings support the mediating role of interviewing skills in the VR-JIT to job offer pathway.

Conclusions:

  • VR-JIT appears to enhance job acquisition for individuals with psychiatric diagnoses by improving their interviewing proficiency.
  • The findings suggest VR-JIT offers a viable mechanism for community-based employment support.
  • Further research is warranted to confirm the community-based effectiveness of this intervention.