Department of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, C./Pedro Cerbuna, 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
Psychology and Educational Sciences Studies, Open University of Catalonia, Rambla del Poblenou, 156, 08018 Barcelona, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Aug 26;17(17):6201. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176201.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities have proclaimed the basic right of people to make one's own choices, have an effective participation and inclusion. Research in the field of disability have stressed self-determination as a key construct because of its impact on their quality of life and the achievement of desired educational and adulthood related outcomes. Self-determination development must be promoted through specific strategies and especially, by providing tailored opportunities to practice those skills. Providing these opportunities across environments could be especially relevant as a facilitator of self-determination development. This manuscript aims to ascertain if opportunities at home and in the community to engage in self-determined actions are mediating the relationship between people intellectual disability level and their self-determination. Results have confirmed direct effects of intellectual disability level on self-determination scores. Indirect effects also predicted self-determination and almost all its related components (self-initiation, self-direction, self-regulation, self-realization, and empowerment) through opportunities in the community and at home. Autonomy was predicted by the intellectual disability level through an indirect effect of opportunities at home, but not in the community. These results highlight the need for further research to better operationalize and promote contextually rooted opportunities for people with intellectual disability to become more self-determined.
《残疾人权利公约》宣布了人们做出自己选择、有效参与和融入的基本权利。残疾领域的研究强调了自决作为一个关键结构，因为它对他们的生活质量和实现预期的教育和成年相关成果有影响。自决发展必须通过具体的策略来促进，特别是通过提供定制的机会来练习这些技能。在不同环境中提供这些机会可能特别有助于促进自决的发展。本文旨在确定在家中和社区中参与自主行动的机会是否在智力残疾水平与自决之间起中介作用。结果证实了智力残疾水平对自决评分的直接影响。间接影响也通过社区和家庭中的机会预测了自决及其几乎所有相关组成部分（自我启动、自我指导、自我调节、自我实现和赋权）。自主性通过家庭机会的间接效应来预测智力残疾水平，但在社区中没有。这些结果强调需要进一步研究，以更好地操作和促进为智力残疾者提供立足情境的机会，使他们更加自主。
