Treatment Integrity in Intervention Research: Models, Measures, and Future Directions
Classroom Behavior, Contexts, and Interventions
ISBN: 978-1-78052-972-1, eISBN: 978-1-78052-973-8
Publication date: 29 August 2012
Abstract
Treatment integrity (TI; also known as fidelity of implementation, treatment fidelity, and procedural reliability) refers to the degree to which an intervention is implemented as intended. TI data provides evidence of the internal validity of a study; without TI data, one cannot attribute observed effects to an intervention or distinguish whether interventions that fail do so because of problems with the intervention, its delivery, or both. Unfortunately, the field of intervention research has seen limited progress in the assessment and reporting of TI over time. This chapter describes the development of models of TI across fields, options for measuring TI, and important issues yet to be resolved.
Citation
Liaupsin, C.J., Ferro, J.B. and Umbreit, J. (2012), "Treatment Integrity in Intervention Research: Models, Measures, and Future Directions", Cook, B.G., Tankersley, M. and Landrum, T.J. (Ed.) Classroom Behavior, Contexts, and Interventions (Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, Vol. 25), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 301-322. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0735-004X(2012)0000025015
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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