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+Model IJCHP-31; No. of Pages 11 ARTICLE IN PRESS International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology (2015) xxx, xxxxxx International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology www.elsevier.es/ijchp ORIGINAL ARTICLE A psychometric evaluation of the ARC-INICO Self-Determination Scale for adolescents with intellectual disabilities a a,∗ a Miguel A. Verdugo , Eva Vicente , Ramón Fernández-Pulido , María Gómez-Vela a , Michael L. Wehmeyer b , Verónica M. Guillén a a Universidad de Salamanca, Spain b University of Kansas, United States Received 15 December 2014; accepted 3 March 2015 KEYWORDS Abstract The independence to decide and act as the causal agent in one’s life are unchanging Self-determination; demands by empowerment movements focused on people with disabilities and by people with Intellectual disabilities themselves. International efforts have been devoted to defining the concept of self- disabilities; determination, analyzing its importance and relationship with the quality of life of people with Evaluation; disabilities and creating evaluation and promotion materials based on empirical evidences. The Adolescents; aim of this study is to present the process for developing and validating a new self-determination Instrumental study evaluation instrument for young people with intellectual disabilities: the ARC-INICO Scale. The sample for validating the Scale comprised 279 young people with intellectual disabilities, limited