[article]
| Titre : |
Knowing me, knowing you: Self defining memories in adolescents with and without an autism spectrum disorder |
| Type de document : |
Texte imprimé et/ou numérique |
| Auteurs : |
Lorna GODDARD, Auteur ; Hollie O’DOWDA, Auteur ; Linda PRING, Auteur |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.31-40 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Self-defining memories Self-esteem Adolescence Autism spectrum disorder |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Autobiographical memory plays a key role in self-understanding and psychological health. While deficits in autobiographical memory are well-established in autism, few studies have focused on adolescence; a critical period for the developing self and self-esteem. 16 adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and 16 typically developing adolescent controls matched for IQ and gender, were asked to provide three self-defining and three everyday memories. Participants rated their memories for emotional intensity, visual perspective and the extent to which they were self-revealing. Memories were independently rated as self-defining or everyday experiences, and according to their valence and theme. Self-esteem and depressed mood were further assessed with self-report questionnaires. Results There were no group differences in the ability to recognise self-defining memories as assessed by independent reports. Both groups also reported their self-defining memories to be more intense than their everyday memories. However adolescents with ASD, in contrast to non-ASD controls, reported self-defining memories to reveal less about them than everyday memories. Relative to controls, they retrieved fewer memories with an achievement theme and more memories with a recreational theme. The control group showed a bias towards retrieving positive rather than negative self-defining memories but the ASD group showed no such tendency. Self-esteem, but not mood was poorer in the ASD group and self-esteem was related to the retrieval of negative self-defining memories. Adolescents with ASD exhibit an instable self-representation; they recognise the types of past experiences that define them but feel weak connections with these memories. |
| En ligne : |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2017.02.002 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=305 |
in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 37 (May 2017) . - p.31-40
[article] Knowing me, knowing you: Self defining memories in adolescents with and without an autism spectrum disorder [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Lorna GODDARD, Auteur ; Hollie O’DOWDA, Auteur ; Linda PRING, Auteur . - p.31-40. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 37 (May 2017) . - p.31-40
| Mots-clés : |
Self-defining memories Self-esteem Adolescence Autism spectrum disorder |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Autobiographical memory plays a key role in self-understanding and psychological health. While deficits in autobiographical memory are well-established in autism, few studies have focused on adolescence; a critical period for the developing self and self-esteem. 16 adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and 16 typically developing adolescent controls matched for IQ and gender, were asked to provide three self-defining and three everyday memories. Participants rated their memories for emotional intensity, visual perspective and the extent to which they were self-revealing. Memories were independently rated as self-defining or everyday experiences, and according to their valence and theme. Self-esteem and depressed mood were further assessed with self-report questionnaires. Results There were no group differences in the ability to recognise self-defining memories as assessed by independent reports. Both groups also reported their self-defining memories to be more intense than their everyday memories. However adolescents with ASD, in contrast to non-ASD controls, reported self-defining memories to reveal less about them than everyday memories. Relative to controls, they retrieved fewer memories with an achievement theme and more memories with a recreational theme. The control group showed a bias towards retrieving positive rather than negative self-defining memories but the ASD group showed no such tendency. Self-esteem, but not mood was poorer in the ASD group and self-esteem was related to the retrieval of negative self-defining memories. Adolescents with ASD exhibit an instable self-representation; they recognise the types of past experiences that define them but feel weak connections with these memories. |
| En ligne : |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2017.02.002 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=305 |
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Knowing me, knowing you: Self defining memories in adolescents with and without an autism spectrum disorder in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 37 (May 2017)
