Social Validity Assessment in Behavior Interventions for Young Children: A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-169
Author(s):  
Eun-Young Park ◽  
Kwang-Sun Cho Blair
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Social Validity ◽  
Implementation Fidelity ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Behavior Interventions ◽  
Validity Assessment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Validity Assessment

We sought to identify, examine, and summarize empirical literature focused on early childhood behavior interventions examined using a single case research designs (SCD) and published between 2001 and 2018. Using systematic procedures, 28 studies that met established inclusion criteria were identified, reviewed, and compared with respect to general and social validity assessment characteristics of SCD studies on behavior interventions for young children with problem behavior. The findings of the current review suggest: (a) promoting implementation fidelity through implementation support to improve social validity outcomes, (b) providing guidelines for timing and frequency of social validity assessment, and (c) development of social validity assessment tools designed to assess each of the social validity dimensions (i.e., goals, procedures, and outcomes).

Rigorous Assessment of Social Validity: A Scoping Review of a 40-Year Conversation

2021 ◽  
pp. 074193252110172
Author(s):  
Melinda R. Snodgrass ◽  
Moon Y. Chung ◽  
James M. Kretzer ◽  
Elizabeth E. Biggs
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Social Validity ◽  
Substantial Part ◽  
Case Research ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Validity Assessment ◽  
Scoping Literature Review ◽  
Single Case Research ◽  
Social Validity Assessment ◽  
Key Questions

For the last 40 years, special education and applied behavior analysis researchers have discussed the notion of social validity, particularly those researchers who conduct single-case research. A substantial part of this discussion has involved critiquing the rigor of methods used to assess social validity. We conducted a scoping literature review focused on describing and integrating different critiques and recommendations about social validity assessment. In a multi-pronged search, we identified 47 articles addressing rigor in social validity assessment. We used inductive content analysis to chart data about specific critiques and identify a framework of seven Key Questions that organize these critiques across theoretical and methodological dimensions. We describe the Key Questions, including examples from the reviewed literature that led to their development. The framework may have practical utility for researchers and reviewers in guiding rigorous social validity assessment in intervention research. Implications are discussed for researchers, reviewers, and journal editors.

Social validity assessment of behavior data recording among human services care providers

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 458-466
Author(s):  
Joseph N. Ricciardi ◽  
Allison Weiss Rothschild ◽  
Natalie M. Driscoll ◽  
Jillian Crawley ◽  
Joshua Wanganga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Services ◽  
Social Validity ◽  
Data Recording ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Validity Assessment ◽  
Social Validity Assessment
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