Living with support in the community: predictors of choice and self-determination.
Ensuring that people with intellectual disability experience typical levels of choice and self-determination has become an essential objective for quality disability services. Three perspectives on self-determination were identified in the literature: psycho-educational, ecological, and socio-political. Personal characteristics, specific self-determination competencies, and environmental variables all were found to be associated with choice and self-determination. Living environments that were smaller and more individualized were linked to greater choice and self-determination. The theoretical perspective investigators applied to the issues influenced approaches to research and intervention, and differences in emphasis were evident regarding the relative importance of self-determination competencies and environmental factors. MRDD Research Reviews 7:91-98, 2001.
Stancliffe
R J
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Centre for Developmental Disability Studies, University of Sydney, PO Box 6, Ryde NSW 1680, Australia. rogerst@med.usyd.edu.au
D002755:Choice Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D005544:Forecasting; D005610:Freedom; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012944:Social Support