The Social Validity Manual
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The Social Validity Manual

Subjective Evaluation of Interventions

Stacy L. Carter,John J. Wheeler

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The Social Validity Manual

Subjective Evaluation of Interventions

Stacy L. Carter,John J. Wheeler

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About This Book

Social Validity is a concept used in behavioral intervention research. It focuses on whether the goals of treatment, the intervention techniques used, and the outcomes achieved are acceptable, relevant, and useful to the individual in treatment. The Social Validity Manual, Second Edition, provides background on the development of social validity, an overview of current research in social validity, and guidelines for expanding the practice of social validation. The book offers detailed information on scales and methods for measuring social validity across the goals, procedures, and effects of treatments utilized in various fields. The second edition incorporates advances in research findings and offers two new chapters on the use of social validity in the health sciences and how social validity plays an important role in increasing cultural awareness.

  • Defines and conceptualizes social validity
  • Summarizes research advances in social validity
  • Compares and contrasts social validity measures
  • Includes use of social validity in multiple disciplines
  • Reviews how to organize social validity data
  • Provides new coverage of use in health professions

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Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9780128160053
Edition
2
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Industrial Health & Safety
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. List of figures
  7. List of tables
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1. Background of social validity
  10. Chapter 2. Conceptualizations of social validity
  11. Chapter 3. Instruments and methods for evaluating social validity
  12. Chapter 4. Research on social validity
  13. Chapter 5. Increasing the social significance of treatment goals
  14. Chapter 6. Enhancing the appropriateness of treatment procedures
  15. Chapter 7. Improving the importance of treatment effects
  16. Chapter 8. Social validity and ethics
  17. Chapter 9. Social validity and cultural competence
  18. Chapter 10. Social validity in health sciences
  19. Chapter 11. Organization of social validity data
  20. Chapter 12. The future of social validity
  21. References
  22. Index