Internal state language in the storybook narratives of children with and without autism spectrum disorder: Investigating relations to theory of mind abilities / Michael SILLER in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8-5 (May 2014)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 8-5 (May 2014) . - p.589-596 Titre : Internal state language in the storybook narratives of children with and without autism spectrum disorder: Investigating relations to theory of mind abilities Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Michael SILLER, Auteur ; Meghan R. SWANSON, Auteur ; Gayle SERLIN, Auteur ; Ann G. TEACHWORTH, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.589-596 Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder  Narrative  Internal state language  Theory of mind Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The current study examines narratives elicited using a wordless picture book, focusing on language used to describe the characters’ thoughts and emotions (i.e., internal state language, ISL). The sample includes 21 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and 24 typically developing controls, matched on children's gender, IQ, as well as receptive and expressive vocabulary. This research had three major findings. First, despite equivalent performance on standardized language assessments, the volume of children's narratives (i.e., the number of utterances and words, the range of unique verbs and adjectives) was lower in children with ASD than in typically developing controls. Second, after controlling for narrative volume, the narratives of children with ASD were less likely to reference the characters’ emotions than was the case for typically developing controls. Finally, our results revealed a specific association between children's use of emotion terms and their performance on a battery of experimental tasks evaluating children's Theory of Mind abilities. Implications for our understanding of narrative deficits in ASD as well as interventions that use narrative as a context for improving social comprehension are discussed. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.02.002 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=229 [article] Internal state language in the storybook narratives of children with and without autism spectrum disorder: Investigating relations to theory of mind abilities [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Michael SILLER, Auteur ; Meghan R. SWANSON, Auteur ; Gayle SERLIN, Auteur ; Ann G. TEACHWORTH, Auteur . - p.589-596. in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 8-5 (May 2014) . - p.589-596 Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder  Narrative  Internal state language  Theory of mind Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The current study examines narratives elicited using a wordless picture book, focusing on language used to describe the characters’ thoughts and emotions (i.e., internal state language, ISL). The sample includes 21 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and 24 typically developing controls, matched on children's gender, IQ, as well as receptive and expressive vocabulary. This research had three major findings. First, despite equivalent performance on standardized language assessments, the volume of children's narratives (i.e., the number of utterances and words, the range of unique verbs and adjectives) was lower in children with ASD than in typically developing controls. Second, after controlling for narrative volume, the narratives of children with ASD were less likely to reference the characters’ emotions than was the case for typically developing controls. Finally, our results revealed a specific association between children's use of emotion terms and their performance on a battery of experimental tasks evaluating children's Theory of Mind abilities. Implications for our understanding of narrative deficits in ASD as well as interventions that use narrative as a context for improving social comprehension are discussed. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2014.02.002 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=229

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