Examining Individual and Environmental Factors on Levels of Self-Determination of Students with Disabilities : The Relationship between Self-Determination and Disability Categories, Gender, and Educational Settings

Seo, Hyo Jeong (서효정); Michael L. Wehmeyer; Susan B. Palmer; Jane H. Soukup; Kendra Williams-Diehm; Karrie Shogren

Examining Individual and Environmental Factors on Levels of Self-Determination of Students with Disabilities : The Relationship between Self-Determination and Disability Categories, Gender, and Educational Settings

Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
Abbr : JSPED
2012, 13(2), pp.1-22
Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
Research Area : Social Science > Education

Seo, Hyo Jeong ¹, Michael L. Wehmeyer ¹, Susan B. Palmer ¹, Jane H. Soukup ¹, Kendra Williams-Diehm ², Karrie Shogren ³

¹University of Kansas
²University of Oklahoma
³University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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ABSTRACT

Self-determination for students with disabilities has gained increased attention in special education since the early 1990s. During this time, research has documented theoretical frameworks to provide a solid understanding of self-determination. Despite different theoretical frameworks to consolidate the underlying construct of self- determination, each framework has common traits: the individual characteristics and environmental factors. This study examined individual characteristics (i.e., primary disability and gender) and environmental characteristics (i.e., educational setting) to identify the impact on the levels of students’ self-determination. Results indicate that only disability categories have a significant impact on students’ relative levels of self-determination. Implications and future directions for research and practice are discussed.

KEYWORDS

Students with disabilities, Self-determination, Individual factor, Environmental factor

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