An Examination of Social Validity Within Single-Case Research With Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

In this article, we reviewed social validity in single-case research studies that focused on interventions for students who have either been identified as having, or as at-risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. This review focused on studies from four peer-reviewed journals known to publish si...

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Published in:Remedial and special education 2013-11, Vol.34 (6), p.357-370
Main Authors: Spear, Caitlin F., Strickland-Cohen, M. Kathleen, Romer, Natalie, Albin, Richard W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
At risk
At Risk Students
Behavior Disorders
Colleagues
Elementary School Students
Emotional disorders
Emotional Disturbances
Emotional-Behavioural problems
Emotionally disturbed students
Evidence
Evidence-based medicine
Interrater Reliability
Interventions
Literature Reviews
Peer Acceptance
Predictor Variables
Research Design
Research methodology
Researchers
Secondary School Students
Special Education
Validity
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Summary:In this article, we reviewed social validity in single-case research studies that focused on interventions for students who have either been identified as having, or as at-risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. This review focused on studies from four peer-reviewed journals known to publish single-case research with this population: the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, and Behavioral Disorders. We reviewed 22 studies published from January 2008 to November 2011 that met inclusion criteria. The purposes of this review were (a) to evaluate how researchers are addressing social validity as defined by Horner and colleagues (2005) and (b) to explore how single-case researchers are measuring social validity. Overall, results indicated that the research studies included in this review addressed socially important questions within typical contexts, but that most did not address social validity explicitly.
ISSN:0741-9325
1538-4756
DOI:10.1177/0741932513490809