Positive Psychology and Secondary Transition for Children with Disabilities: A New Theoretical Framework
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: In spite of modest improvements in some transition outcomes over the past several years, students with disabilities still have poorer outcomes on every measure of transition when compared to their nondisabled peers. Self-determination approaches, while promising, have not been enough to leverage these students to achieve comparable postsecondary outcomes. We examine the construct of self-determination and suggest that it is at least partially comprised of three discrete psychological variables: mindset, grit and optimism. We distill the latest research findings regarding these three variables and link them theoretically to the construct of self-determination. We then propose a new theoretical framework of transition that includes these variables and suggests future avenues of research to encourage a positive psychology-driven reconceptualization of transition.
Author: Beth Tuckwiller
Institution: George Washington University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2265429068