ÀÚ±â°áÁ¤·Â(self-determination)À̶õ ÀÚ½ÅÀÌ ÀÚ±âÀÇ »îÀ» ¿òÁ÷ÀÌ´Â ÁÖü·Î¼, ºÎ´çÇÑ ¿ÜÀûÀÎ ¿µÇâ·Â°ú ħÇطκÎÅÍ ÀÚÀ¯·ÎÀÌ ÀÚ½ÅÀÇ »îÀÇ ÁúÀ» À§ÇÑ ¼±Åðú °áÁ¤À» ÇÏ´Â ÇàÀ§ÀÌÀÚ ´É·ÂÀ̸ç, ÀÏ»ó»ýÈ°ÀÇ ¹®Á¦¸¦ ÇØ°áÇÏ´Â ´É·ÂÀÌ´Ù. ÀÚ±â°áÁ¤ ÇൿÀº ±× ±â´É(¸ñÀû)¿¡ µû¶ó ÀÚÀ²¼º, ÀÚ±âÁ¶Á¤, ½É¸®Àû ±ÇÇÑ ºÎ¿©, ÀÚ±â ÀÎ½Ä µîÀÇ ±¸¼º¿ä¼Ò¸¦ Æ÷ÇÔÇÏ´Â Æ÷°ýÀûÀÎ °³³äÀÌ´Ù(Wehmeyer, 2000).
ÀÚ±â°áÁ¤ ÇൿÀÇ ¿ä¼Ò¿¡´Â ¼±ÅÃÇϱâ, ÀÇ»ç°áÁ¤±â¼ú, ¹®Á¦ÇØ°á±â¼ú, ¸ñÇ¥ ¼³Á¤ ¹× ¼ºÃë ±â¼ú, Àڱ⠰ü¸®±â¼ú, ÀÚ±â-¿ËÈ£±â¼ú, ÅëÁ¦¿Í È¿´É°¨¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ±àÁ¤ÀûÀÎ Áö°¢, ÀÚ±â-Áö½Ä°ú ÀÚ±â-ÀÎ½Ä µîÀÌ Æ÷ÇԵȴÙ. ±×¸®°í ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ ¿ä¼ÒµéÀ» Æ÷°ýÇÏ´Â ±³¼ö¹æ¹ý, ±³Àç, ±³¼öÀü·«ÀÇ È°¿ëÀ» ÅëÇØ º¸´Ù ÀÚÀ²ÀûÀÌ°í, ÀÚ±â Á¶Á¤·ÂÀ» °¡Áú ¼ö ÀÖ°Ô µÈ´Ù. ±àÁ¤ÀûÀÎ ÀÚ±â-ÀÎ½Ä ¹× ´õ ³ª¾Æ°¡ ±Ã±ØÀûÀ¸·Î ÀÚ±â°áÁ¤·ÂÀ» °®Ãß±â À§Çؼ´Â ÀüÀÌ °úÁ¤ÀÇ ±³À°Àû ÁßÀç°¡ °³ÀÎÀÇ µ¶¸³¼º°ú ÀÚÀ²¼ºÀ» ÃËÁøÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â Áï ŸÀε鿡 ÀÇÇؼ¶ó±âº¸´Ù´Â ÃÖ´ëÇÑ ÀڽŵéÀÇ ÅëÁ¦ ÇÏ¿¡¼ ÀÌ·ç¾îÁöµµ·Ï °í¾ÈµÇ¾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù(Wehmeyer, 1997).
ÀÌ¿¡ ´ÜÀÏÀÇ ÀÚ±â°áÁ¤ ÃËÁø¿¡ µµ¿òÀÌ µÇ´Â ±³¼öÀü·« ¹× ÇнÀÈ°µ¿°ú °ü·ÃÇÑ ¿¬±¸°á°ú¸¦ ±âÃÊ·Î ÇÏ¿©, ÀÚ±â°áÁ¤ÀÇ ÇÙ½ÉÀû ¿ä¼ÒÀÎ ÀÚ±â-Á¶Á¤Àû ¹®Á¦ÇØ°á, ÀÇ»ç°áÁ¤, ¸ñÇ¥¼³Á¤ ¹× ¼ºÃë µîÀÇ ÀÚ±â°áÁ¤ È°µ¿ÀÇ ±âȸ¸¦ Á¾ÇÕÀûÀ¸·Î Á¦°øÇÏ´Â ±³¼ö¸ðµ¨°ú ÀüÀÌ ±³À°°úÁ¤¿¡¼ ÀÚ±â°áÁ¤·ÂÀ» ´ÜÀÏÀÇ ±³À°¸ñÇ¥·Î ÇÏ´Â ±³À°Àû Á¢±Ù µîÀÌ ½ÃµµµÇ°í ÀÖ´Ù(Anderson, Seaton, & Dinas, 1995).
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