Understanding the role of self-determination in shaping university experiences for autistic and typically developing students in the United Kingdom
<p>With more autistic students enrolling in higher education, little is known about how autistic students can actively and effectively shape their own university experience through self-determination. This study explores how both autistic (<em>n</em> = 18) and typically de...
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| description | <p>With more autistic students enrolling in higher education, little is known about how autistic students can actively and effectively shape their own university experience through self-determination. This study explores how both autistic (<em>n</em> = 18) and typically developing students and recent graduates (<em>n</em> = 18) perceive their self-determination during their transition <em>into, through</em> and <em>out of</em> university in the United Kingdom. Students reported many shared and unique aspects of autonomy, competence and relatedness underlying self-determination. Many autistic students also discussed autism-related strengths facilitating academic pursuit at university, though found coping with transitional changes more difficult than typically developing students. Using strength-based approaches to help autistic students to actively adapt to routine changes might facilitate their self-determination during transition to university.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:b72baa41-ac4f-4ba2-96e6-31210a95226a2024-02-20T09:22:20ZUnderstanding the role of self-determination in shaping university experiences for autistic and typically developing students in the United KingdomJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:b72baa41-ac4f-4ba2-96e6-31210a95226aEnglishSymplectic ElementsSAGE Publications2021Lei, JRussell, A<p>With more autistic students enrolling in higher education, little is known about how autistic students can actively and effectively shape their own university experience through self-determination. This study explores how both autistic (<em>n</em> = 18) and typically developing students and recent graduates (<em>n</em> = 18) perceive their self-determination during their transition <em>into, through</em> and <em>out of</em> university in the United Kingdom. Students reported many shared and unique aspects of autonomy, competence and relatedness underlying self-determination. Many autistic students also discussed autism-related strengths facilitating academic pursuit at university, though found coping with transitional changes more difficult than typically developing students. Using strength-based approaches to help autistic students to actively adapt to routine changes might facilitate their self-determination during transition to university.</p> |
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