5. Wehmeyer & Palmer (2003),
looked at the self
determination scores of
94 adults, three years
following high school
graduation.
6. Students with identical IQ scores,
but who had higher self-
determination scores during their
last year of high school, were more
likely to live away from home,
maintain a bank account,
purchase their own groceries, and
on the whole, live more
independently.
7. In addition, the authors stated,
“Overall, there was not a single
question on which the low self-
determination group fared more
positively than the high self-
determination group” (Whemeyer
& Palmer, 2003, p. 140).