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ReviewJournal of applied behavior analysis

Social validity as an interactive process.

Toni Rose T Agana, Tina M Sidener, Heather M Pane, Onada Pauline Macaraeg, Nicole M Rodriguez, Sharon A Reeve

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Toni Rose T AganaDepartment of Applied Behavior Analysis, Caldwell University, Caldwell, NJ, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1949-5192
Tina M SidenerDepartment of Applied Behavior Analysis, Caldwell University, Caldwell, NJ, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0921-8850
Heather M PaneDepartment of Behavioral Science, Daemen University, Amherst, NY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1541-1051
Onada Pauline MacaraegBetween and Beyond Lines Learning Intervention Services, Baguio City, PH.
Nicole M RodriguezMunroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9171-3695
Sharon A ReeveDepartment of Applied Behavior Analysis, Caldwell University, Caldwell, NJ, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8968-8013

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social validity in applied behavior analysis remains critically important. However, assessing social validity and responding to its results pose challenges for the field. Social validity assessments are often treated as a one-time measure conducted after intervention. Researchers have urged consideration of social validity as an ongoing, dynamic, and interactive process (i.e., interventions are adjusted based on social validity assessment results). Yet, there has been limited discussion on the interactive process of social validity and the variables that may influence it. This article (a) reviews definitions of social validity and the purpose of its assessment; (b) examines how studies published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis from 2010 to 2020 have assessed social validity as an interactive process; and (c) offers considerations for researchers and practitioners to enhance opportunities for an interactive process of social validity, including issues related to the measurement rigor and data interpretability of social validity assessments.

Indexed as

Applied Behavior AnalysisSocial Validity, ResearchHumansReproducibility of Resultsacceptabilityassessmentinteractive processsocial validationsocial validity

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PMID42598833
PMCPMC13474287

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