Resumo

CARROLL, Regina A.  e  ST. PETER, Claire C.. Methods for Assessing Social Validity of Behavioral Intervention Plans for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2014, vol.4, n.3, pp.1642-1656. ISSN 2007-4719.

Although behavioral interventions are powerful tools for parents and teachers, they are unlikely to result in lasting change if the intervention agents find them unacceptable. After developing effective behavior intervention plans for classroom use, we compared social validity of those interventions using three measures: concurrent-chains selections from the intervention consumer (students), verbal report of the intervention agent (teachers), and maintenance of the intervention over time. All three measures of social validity identified an intervention that was acceptable to the intervention consumer and intervention delivery agent. These findings are discussed in terms of applied implications for assessing social validity.

Palavras-chave : Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Behavior Intervention Plans; Choice; Concurrent-Chains Procedure; Social Validity.