Self-Determination Assessment and Evaluation in Romanian Adolescents: Preliminary Psychometric Properties of the ARC's Self-Determination Scale

Autor/inn/en	Cristea, Mihaela; Ghergut, Alois
Titel	Self-Determination Assessment and Evaluation in Romanian Adolescents: Preliminary Psychometric Properties of the ARC's Self-Determination Scale
Quelle	In: European Journal of Special Needs Education, 38 (2023) 4, S.482-496 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-6257
DOI	10.1080/08856257.2022.2120332
Schlagwörter	Self Determination; Foreign Countries; Psychometrics; Measures (Individuals); Special Education; Students with Disabilities; Test Construction; Test Validity; Secondary School Students; Structural Equation Models; Intellectual Disability; Factor Analysis; Test Reliability; Personal Autonomy; Student Empowerment; Self Actualization; Romania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstbestimmung; Ausland; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Messdaten; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Testaufbau; Testvalidität; Sekundarschüler; Intellect; Verstand; Faktorenanalyse; Testreliabilität; Individuelle Autonomie; Studienberechtigung; Self actualisation; Selbstverwirklichung; Rumänien
Abstract	Research in self-determination has expanded in recent years, especially in the special education field. Instruments to measure self-determination in students with disabilities are not available in the Romanian language, and this issue has led to the development of the current study, a cultural adaptation , and validation of "The ARC's Self-Determination Scale" which provides a strong psychometric measure of self-determination. Based on the Functional Model of Self-determination, this scale is designed to measure the four components of self-determination construct and global self-determination in students with disabilities. This pilot test study aims to explain the cultural adaptation and validation process of "The ARC's Self-Determination Scale" for use in the Romanian research context and the educational approach. The participants' sample for the validation process of the scale comprised 275 young students with learning disabilities, and mild and moderate intellectual disabilities, the participants were ranging ages from 11 and 19 years old (M = 14.93; SD = 1.47). Through the structuraequation modeling approach, the estimation of the latent model fit provided evidence of internal validity of the scale, demonstrating the adequacy to measure self-determination in adolescents with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities. The values of internal consistency coefficients and validity characteristics are discussed. . (As Provided).
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