... essential to gaining a proper understanding of the internal dynamics of a social psychological intervention and to properly assess the quality of the programme. According to the National Institute of Justice (National Institute), process evaluation adds a qualitative dimension to the descriptive statistics furnished by a monitoring system. Israel et al (n2) list the objectives of process evaluation as "feedback on program implementation, site response, participant response, practitioner response, and personnel competency." Another use of process evaluation is as a tool for improving and refining interventions while they are being implemented, as well as to explain and interpret the outcomes of interventions.(n2-n4) Also, process evaluation is necessary for getting the data and documentation required for creating similar programmes to the one being assessed.(n5, n6) A process evaluation must be theoretically based and methodologically sound to attain professional and/or academic acceptance. Israel et al, (n2) Helitzer et al, (n4) and Chen, ...

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