Development and Initial Validation of a Measure to Assess Factors Related to Sustainability of School-Wide Positive Behavior Support

Autor/inn/en	McIntosh, Kent; MacKay, Leslie D.; Hume, Amanda E.; Doolittle, Jennifer; Vincent, Claudia G.; Horner, Robert H.; Ervin, Ruth A.
Titel	Development and Initial Validation of a Measure to Assess Factors Related to Sustainability of School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
Quelle	In: Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 13 (2011) 4, S.208-218 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1098-3007
DOI	10.1177/1098300710385348
Schlagwörter	Content Validity; Interrater Reliability; Psychometrics; Internet; Student Behavior; Educational Research; Functional Behavioral Assessment; Adults; Adult Education; Evaluation Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interrater-Reliabilität; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung
Abstract	Sustainability of effective practices in schools is a critical area for research in any domain. The purpose of this article is to describe and evaluate the validity and reliability of a recently developed research instrument designed to evaluate schools' capacity to sustain school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) efforts at the universal tier. The "School-Wide Universal Behavior Sustainability Index-School Teams" (SUBSIST) was created to assess factors (of the context, implementer practices, and outcomes) that enhance or prevent sustainability of SWPBS. Content of the web-based survey was identified through literature review, and initial validation analyses included ratings of content validity by an expert panel (n = 21) and assessment of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, interrater reliability, and concurrent validity (with SWPBS fidelity of implementation data) through a pilot study (n = 25). Results indicated strong psychometric properties for assessing sustainability. The authors discuss the results in terms of future research in enhancing SWPBS sustainability. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10