To examine the possible interaction of types of social support variables on individuals' reactions to the supportive intervention and its effects on performance, two studies were conducted. In the first study, 167 college students attempted to solve anagrams following initial failure at five unsolvable anagrams and participation in one of four…

Single, elderly, childless women are a specialized population needing social support. To examine the association between life satisfaction and social support among this population, 65 women (30 widowed, 35 never-married) were interviewed and completed the Life Satisfaction Scale. An analysis of the results showed that the never-married sample had…

This paper argues that many social validity processes in applied behavior analysis are actually measuring consumer satisfaction and not the habilitative validity of goals, procedures, or outcomes. The term "habilitative validation" is proposed to replace social validity, and use of more objective assessment methods is encouraged.…