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Social Validation

Social Validation is a psychological construct that denotes the cognitive process through which individuals infer the correctness of their beliefs or behaviors by observing the actions or approvals of a social group, distinguishing it from mere conformity by emphasizing epistemic justification derived from collective endorsement.

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Assessing the Clinical or Applied Importance of Behavior Change through Social Validation

Alan E. Kazdin · Behavior Modification · 1977 · 1.1K citations

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Shared reality: How social verification makes the subjective objective.

Curtis D. Hardin, E. Tory Higgins · 1996 · 719 citations

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Identity Under Construction: How Individuals Come to Define Themselves in Organizations

Blake E. Ashforth, Beth S. Schinoff · Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior · 2016 · 558 citations · Full text

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FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT, CURRICULAR REVISION, AND SEVERE BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS

Glen Dunlap, Lee Kern‐Dunlap, Shelley Clarke et al. · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · 1991 · 416 citations · Full text

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The fallacy of personal validation: a classroom demonstration of gullibility.

Bertram R. Forer · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1949 · 405 citations

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Authors

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  1. MF
    Mark F. O’Reilly

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    12 publications · 411 citations

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  2. NN
    Nirbhay N. Singh

    University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

    12 publications · 411 citations

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  3. GE
    Giulio E. Lancioni

    University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

    12 publications · 411 citations

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  4. JS
    Jeff Sigafoos

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    9 publications · 270 citations

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  5. FS
    Fabrizio Stasolla

    University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

    8 publications · 302 citations

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Institutions

318

  1. University of Bari Aldo Moro

    Bari, Italy

    13 h-index

    56 publications

    2.1K citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    12 h-index

    14 publications

    615 citations

  3. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    900 citations

  4. University of Staffordshire

    Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    567 citations

  5. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte

    Naples, Italy

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    545 citations

  7. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    241 citations

  8. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    2.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

    JABA · 26 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. Behavior Modification

    14 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

    9 publications · 615 citations

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  4. Behavior Therapy

    8 publications · 355 citations

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  5. The Sport Psychologist

    8 publications · 360 citations

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