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Measurement and meaning: The treatment acceptability construct and comments on lundervold Et Al. (1991)
Author(s) -
Spirrison Charles L.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/bin.2360070307
Subject(s) - psychology , construct (python library) , meaning (existential) , context (archaeology) , value (mathematics) , social psychology , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , statistics , paleontology , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , computer science , biology , programming language
The treatment acceptability construct is discussed in the context of Lundervold, Young, Bourland, and Jackson's (1991) attempt to assess it through use of the Geriatric Treatment Acceptability Survey (GTAS) and Attitudes toward Behavior Analysis Scale (ABAS). Consequences of employing standard descriptions of client, problem behavior, and treatment are examined, as is Lundervold et al. 's (1991) use of an ‘average individual rater‐to‐total group of raters’ alpha coefficient. It is argued that the heuristic value of treatment acceptability research is enhanced with a broad definition of treatment acceptability and when client, problem behavior, and treatment descriptions are allowed to vary.