Abstract:
Residential setting, adaptive behavior, and a variety of demographic variables were used in an effort to predict scores on an instrument quantifying the exercise of choice. The sample consisted of 141 individuals with intellectual disability who lived in community group homes and 462 individuals with intellectual disability who lived on a campus based program. High adaptive behavior scores and living in a community based setting were predictive of higher exercise of choice. It was suggested that both ability and opportunity were necessary for optimal choice making, and that ability was the primary predictor. |
