Open AccessMeasuring Four Personal Opportunities for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Author(s) -
Seb M. Prohn,
Parthenia Dinora,
Michael Broda,
Matthew Bogenschutz,
Sarah Lineberry
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
inclusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2326-6988
DOI - 10.1352/2326-6988-10.1.19
Subject(s) - residence , structural equation modeling , psychology , intellectual disability , service (business) , personal development , personally identifiable information , marketing , business , sociology , political science , computer science , demography , machine learning , psychiatry , law , psychotherapist
This study tests an empirically derived model for measuring personal opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) using National Core Indicators In-Person Survey (NCI-IPS) state and national datasets. The four personal opportunities measured, (a) privacy rights, (b) everyday choice, (c) community participation, and (d) expanded friendships, were informed by existing conceptualizations of service as well as NCI-IPS measures. Analyses confirmed the fit of a four-factor model and demonstrated that factors were significantly and positively correlated. To demonstrate the relationships between personal opportunities and personal and environmental characteristics, we estimated a structural equation model that regressed personal opportunities on age, gender, place of residence, and level of intellectual disability. Implications for using personal opportunities for evaluating service quality of IDD systems are discussed.