Strumenti per valutare il costrutto di autodeterminazione e le sue componenti nella disabilità intellettiva adulta: una systematic review

Since the early Ninetiesthere has been a significantscientific acknowledgment of the importance of self-determination in the education of persons with disabilities. This corpus of research concerns almost exclusively the theoretical aspects ofthe construct and only a few studies have empirically dealt with evaluating the actual level of self-determination of people with disabilities and/or the impact that psycho-educational interventions and supports have in promoting self-determined behaviours. In order to investigate the empirical researchesthat analyse how the construct isinterpreted by the insiders and which of its components are actually taken into consideration,the present contribution, using the research methodology of the systematic review, intends to address this gap carrying out a survey of the quantitative tools most used by psycho-pedagogical research for the assessment of self-determination in adults with intellectual disabilities. The paper confirmsthe lack in literature of researches exclusively dedicated to the quantitative tools used to assess self-determination and its specific components. This represents, finally, a priority for the growth of knowledge related to theconstruct, as well as of most evidence-based interventions and supports necessary to develop, implement and guarantee self-determination in adults with intellectual disabilities.