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Background  The international literature has documented that self‐determination is impacted by environmental factors, including living or work settings; and by intraindividual factors, including intelligence level, age, gender, social skills and adaptive behaviour. In addition, self‐determination has been correlated with improved quality of life (QoL). This study sought to contribute to the growing literature base in this area by examining the relationship among and between personal characteristics, self‐determination, social abilities and the environmental living situations of people with intellectual disabilities (ID).

Methods  The study involved 141 people with ID residing in Italy. Healthcare professionals and social workers who had known participants for at least 1 year completed measures of self‐determination, QoL and social skills. Analysis of variance was conducted to verify whether different levels of intellectual …