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Peer-Reviewed Published Articles on Self-Determination Assessments and Interventions
Xu, T., Qian, X., Rifenbark, G. G., Shogren, K. A., & Hagiwara, M. (2022). Psychometric properties of self-determination inventory: Student report among Chinese students with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 60(1), 41-56. https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-60.1.41.
Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Liu, C., Zhu, Z., Shogren, K. A., & Hagiwara, M. (2023). Psychometric properties of the Chinese translation of the self-determination inventory: parent/teacher report. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2023.2215052.
Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Wang, L., Liu, C., Shogren, K. A., & Hagiwara, M. (2025). Psychometric properties of the Self-Determination Inventory: Student Report Chinese translation when delivered online. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2025.2456787
Shogren, K. A., Gerasimova, D., Lachapelle, Y., Lussier-Desrochers, D., Hagiwara, M., Petitpierre, G., Fontana-Lana, B., Piazza, F., Courbois, Y., Desbiens, A., Haelewyck, M-C., Geurts, H., Pace, J. R., & Hicks, T. (2024). Preliminary reliability and validity of the Self-Determination Inventory: Student Report French translation. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 62(5), 339-353. https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-62.5.339.
Mumbardó-Adam, C., Guàrdia-Olmos, J., Giné, C., Raley, S. K., & Shogren, K. A. (2018). The Spanish version of the Self-Determination Inventory Student Report: Application of item response theory to self-determination measurement. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 62(4), 303-311. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12466
Mumbardó-Adam, C., Guàrdia-Olmos, J., Giné, C., Shogren, K. A., & Vicente Sánchez, E. (2018). Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Self-Determination Inventory Student Self-Report: A structural equation modeling approach. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 123(6), 545-557. https://doi.org/10.1352/1944-7558-123.6.545
Pires, C., Lima, M., Ribeiro, M., Moreira, C., & Santos, S. (2024). Perfil de autodeterminação adultos com e sem dificuldades intelectuais e desenvolvimentais: estudo comparativo (Self-determination profile of adults with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities: a comparative study), Revista Brasileira de Educação Especial, 30, e0110, 1-14, https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-54702024v30e0110
Moreira, C., Coelho, C., Pereira, F., Silva, M., Martins, R., & Santos, S. (2024). A autodeterminação de adolescentes com e sem dificuldades intelectuais e desenvolvimentais: estudo comparativo (Self-determination profile of adolescents with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities: a comparative study), Revista Educ@ção, 01, 1-17. https://journals.iseclisboa.pt/index.php/Educacao/article/view/3
Copyright and Use of Translated Materials
KU Center on Disabilities (KUCD) retains intellectual property rights to the self-determination assessments and interventions developed and validated in American English, including the Self-Determination Inventory (SDI), including the Student Report, Parent/Teacher Report, and Adult Report, as well as the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI), the Self-Determined Career Design Model (SDCDM), the Supported Decision-Making Inventory (SDMI), and their associated materials (e.g., the SDLMI Teacher’s Guide) as well as all translated materials. The official translation, validation, and adaptation of these materials, conducted in partnership between KUCD and a translation team, will include a copyright statement to indicate that products are official translations; ensuring reliability and validity, backed by KUCD. Any unofficial translations, if they exist, are not authorized, and KUCD cannot guarantee the effectiveness of the SDI, SDLMI, or other translated materials.
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