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.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. List of figures - p. xv 7. List of tables - p. xvii 8. Preface - p. xix 9. Chapter 1. Background of social validity - p. 1 10. Chapter 2. Conceptualizations of social validity - p. 21 11. Chapter 3. Instruments and methods for evaluating social validity - p. 35 12. Chapter 4. Research on social validity - p. 77 13. Chapter 5. Increasing the social significance of treatment goals - p. 113 14. Chapter 6. Enhancing the appropriateness of treatment procedures - p. 143 15. Chapter 7. Improving the importance of treatment effects - p. 173 16. Chapter 8. Social validity and ethics - p. 203 17. Chapter 9. Social validity and cultural competence - p. 217 18. Chapter 10. Social validity in health sciences - p. 229 19. Chapter 11. Organization of social validity data - p. 243 20. Chapter 12. The future of social validity - p. 263 21. References - p. 281 22. Index - p. 303
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.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. List of figures - p. xv 7. List of tables - p. xvii 8. Preface - p. xix 9. Chapter 1. Background of social validity - p. 1 10. Chapter 2. Conceptualizations of social validity - p. 21 11. Chapter 3. Instruments and methods for evaluating social validity - p. 35 12. Chapter 4. Research on social validity - p. 77 13. Chapter 5. Increasing the social significance of treatment goals - p. 113 14. Chapter 6. Enhancing the appropriateness of treatment procedures - p. 143 15. Chapter 7. Improving the importance of treatment effects - p. 173 16. Chapter 8. Social validity and ethics - p. 203 17. Chapter 9. Social validity and cultural competence - p. 217 18. Chapter 10. Social validity in health sciences - p. 229 19. Chapter 11. Organization of social validity data - p. 243 20. Chapter 12. The future of social validity - p. 263 21. References - p. 281 22. Index - p. 303
