Self-Determination and Causal Agency Theory
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-04259-1 (ISBN)
This book introduces Casual Agency Theory as a framework for defining self-determination and describing its development and essential characteristics. It synthesizes the research on promoting and enhancing self-determination and explores implications for practice in a disability context across the life course. The book also highlights future directions for theory, research, and practice in areas of positive psychology and disability.
Key areas of coverage include:
Self-Determination and Causal Agency Theory is an essential resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in the fields of developmental and positive psychology, educational policy and practice, special education, social work, occupational, speech, and language therapy, public health, and healthcare policy.
lt;b>Karrie A. Shogren, Ph.D., is Professor of Special Education and Senior Scientist and Director of the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities at the University of Kansas. Dr. Shogren's research focuses on self-determination and systems of support for people with disabilities as well as applications of positive psychology and strengths-based approaches to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Her current work focuses on the developing and researching the efficacy and effectiveness of assessment and intervention approaches for students with and without disabilities to promote self-determination with a particular focus on the role of these approaches in the transition to adult life and engagement in meaningful adult roles and responsibilities. Dr. Shogren has published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, is the author or co-author of 10 books, and is one of the co-authors of Intellectual Disability: Definition, Classification, and Systems of Support, the 11th Edition of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities' seminal definition of intellectual disability (formerly mental retardation) as well as the Supports Intensity Scale-Children's and Adult Version. Dr. Shogren has received grant funding from several sources, including the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). Dr. Shogren is co-Editor of Inclusion and Remedial and Special Education. She has received the Council for Exceptional Children's Division for Research and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Early Career Research Award. Dr. Shogren completed bachelor and master's degrees in psychology at Ohio State University and the University of Dayton, respectively, and her doctoral degree at the University of Kansas.
Section I: Overview and Introduction.- Chapter 1. Positive Psychology and Disability: Creating a Context for Self-Determination.- Chapter 2. Theoretical Underpinnings and Approaches to Self-Determination.- Section II: Foundations of Casual Agency Theory.- Chapter 3. Casual Agency Theory: A Framework for Understanding Self-Determination.- Chapter 4. Casual Agency Theory: Defining the Essential Characteristics of Self-Determination.- Chapter 5. Casual Agency Theory: Autonomy Supportive Environments and Interventions.- Section III: Research on Casual Agency Theory and Its Application.- Chapter 6. Assessment of Self-Determination.- Chapter 7. Autonomy Supportive Environments.- Chapter 8. Autonomy Supportive Interventions.- Chapter 9. Individualizing Supports for Self-Determination.- Section IV: Implications of Casual Agency Theory for Promoting Self-Determination.- Chapter 10. Supporting Self-Determination During Childhood.- Chapter 11. Supporting Self-Determination During Adolescence.- Chapter 12. Supporting Self-Determination During Adulthood.- Section V: Conclusions and Future Directions in Research and Practice.- Chapter 13. Ongoing Research and Theory Development.- Chapter 14. Future Directions in Self-Determination, Casual Agency Theory, and Positive Psychology.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.07.2022 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Positive Psychology and Disability Series |
| Zusatzinfo | XII, 153 p. 6 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 424 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
| Schlagworte | Action-control beliefs and self-determination • Adolescents and self-determination • Agentic theories of human behavior and self-determination • Assessment of self-determination • Autonomy supportive environments and causal actions • Causal Agency Theory and self-determination • Environment, causal actions, and self-determination • Goal-setting and student self-determination • Individualized supports for self-determination • Interventions, disability, and self-determination • Motivation and self-determination • Positive psychology and disability • Promoting self-determination • Psychometrics of self-determination • Self-determination and disability • Self-Determination Inventory and Causal Agency Theory • Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction • Strengths-based approaches and disability • Teaching choice-making and student self-determination • Volitional and Causal Agency Theory |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-04259-X / 303104259X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-04259-1 / 9783031042591 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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