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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2014 Oct;44(10):2450–2463. doi: 10.1007/s10803-014-2113-y

Table 3. Primary Outcome Measures.

TAU Group VR-JIT Group

Baselin
e
mean
(SD)
Follow-
Up
mean
(SD)
Cohen’
s d

Baseline
mean
(SD)
Follow-
Up
mean
(SD)
Cohen’s
d
Role-Play Performance Total Score 28.2
(50)
28.5
(6.1)
0.05 29.5
(5.7)
32.7
(5.7)
0.55
 Job Relevant Interview Content
Score
12.7
(2.4)
12.8
(2.6)
0.04 13.5
(2.5)
14.6
(2.7)
0.42
  Hard Worker 3.3
(0.9)
3.3
(0.8)
0.00 3.3
(0.8)
3.8
(0.9)
0.60
  Easy to work with/teamwork 2.9
(0.6)
3.0
(0.7)
0.15 3.3
(0.6)
3.6
(0.7)
0.40
  Sounding Professional 3.0
(0.9)
3.1
(1.0)
0.11 3.2
(0.7)
3.5
(0.9)
0.35
  Negotiation skills 3.7
(0.7)
3.5
(0.6)
−0.31 3.7
(1.0)
3.8
(0.8)
0.11
 Interviewee Performance Score 15.5
(2.8)
15.7
(3.6)
0.06 16.2
(3.4)
18.0
(3.3)
0.55
  Sharing things positively 3.0
(0.6)
3.0
(0.7)
0.00 3.0
(0.9)
3.7
(0.9)
0.82
  Sounding honest 4.5
(0.8)
4.6
(0.7)
0.13 4.7
(0.4)
4.8
(0.4)
0.39
  Sounding interested in the job 2.5
(1.2)
2.5
(1.2)
0.00 2.4
(1.1)
2.8
(0.8)
0.49
  Comfort level 2.7
(0.9)
2.7
(0.9)
0.00 3.0
(0.8)
3.3
(0.9)
0.33
  Establishing overall rapport 2.9
(0.7)
3.0
(0.8)
0.13 3.0
(0.9)
3.4
(0.9)
0.40
Job interview self-confidence rating 41.0
(9.6)
43.8
(9.1)
0.30 41.4
(10.6)
50.6
(8.4)
0.96

Note: TAU, treatment as usual participants; VR-JIT intervention participants.