Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
McCleon, Tawny E.
Committee Member
Stratton-Gadke, Kasee K.
Committee Member
Wei, Tianlan (Elaine)
Committee Member
Bates-Brantley, Kayla
Date of Degree
12-8-2023
Document Type
Dissertation - Open Access
Major
School Psychology
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
College
College of Education
Department
Department of Counseling, Higher Education Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations
Abstract
Psychologists spend a significant portion of their time writing psychological reports. Oftentimes these reports are highly technical and written at a level which the literature has suggested is often difficult for teachers to utilize in their classrooms. Several previous research studies have examined psychological report writing practices and offered suggestions for improvement. One of these suggestions (theme or referral-based report writing) has not been as thoroughly examined in the literature. The purpose of this study was to examine this report writing style compared to more traditional report writing practices. This study utilized a novel approach to assessing teachers’ perceptions of these report writing styles which was adapted from the social validity literature (e. g., ARP-R). This study investigated both differences between each report writing style as well as a potential interaction effect between teacher experience and report type. Overall, the study did not find significant differences in teachers’ ratings between each report style. The readability of the psychological reports was hypothesized to be a confounding variable which may have impacted teachers’ views of the social validity of each report. Results, limitations, implications, and future research are also discussed.
Recommended Citation
Weseloh, Adam, "Evaluating teachers’ perceptions of the social validity of psychological report writing styles" (2023). Theses and Dissertations. 6024.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/6024