Home‐Based Opportunities and Self‐Determination in Youth: When Intellectual Disability Shapes the Impact of Context
Araceli Arellano, Cristina Cañete‐Massé, Clara Andrés‐Gárriz, Cristina Mumbardó‐Adam · 2026
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Araceli Arellano and co-authors studied this 2026 link between home life and self-determination in teenagers. Self-determination, acting with autonomy and purpose, grows where chances to practice it exist, and home is the first arena. The team surveyed middle and high schoolers aged thirteen to twenty-two, with and without intellectual disabilities, using a standard questionnaire on capacity and home opportunities.
More home opportunities came with stronger self-determination across the board. Disability alone did not predict self-determination once opportunities were counted. Instead, disability strengthened the link: the more significant the disability, the more each home opportunity counted. The message for families and services is direct: chances to choose and act at home matter most for the youth assumed least able to use them.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Araceli Arellano, Cristina Cañete‐Massé, Clara Andrés‐Gárriz, Cristina Mumbardó‐Adam |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |