The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule and narrative assessment: Evidence for specific narrative impairments in autism spectrum disorders
The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule and narrative assessment: Evidence for specific narrative impairments in autism spectrum disorders
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DOI：
10.3109/17549507.2014.977348
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发表时间：
2015-04-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Arnott, Wendy L.
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作者：
Baney, Rebeca M.;Harper-Hil, Keely;Arnott, Wendy L.
目的：自闭症诊断观察表（ADOS）包含一个叙事生成任务，其中客户从一本无字的图画书中讲述一个故事;然而，通常不会检查其语言特性。本研究旨在探讨自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的叙事生成，通过比较从ASD的儿童在ADOS的语言匹配的典型发展（TD）peer.Method产生的叙事：参与者是ASD儿童（n = 11）和TD控制（n = 17）。两组受试者的年龄都在9-15岁之间，他们的语言表达和接受能力以及非语言智力都是匹配的。分析叙述的局部结构要素（长度、流畅性、错误、语义和句法）、衔接和整体元素结果：ASD儿童的叙述语在句法结构上较对照组简单，含有较多的歧义代词，故事语法成分较少;进一步的分析显示了年龄较小和年龄较大的儿童之间的差异。目前的研究结果提供的证据表明，自闭症儿童表现出微妙的故事生成障碍，并提供了初步的支持，包括叙事引起的一部分，在评估中的ADOS特定的语言技能。
Purpose: The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) contains a narrative generation task in which clients tell a story from a wordless picture book; however, the resulting narrative is not usually examined for its linguistic properties. This study aimed to examine narrative generation in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by comparing narratives elicited from children with ASD during the ADOS to those produced by language-matched typically-developing (TD) peers.Method: Participants were children with ASD (n = 11) and TD controls (n = 17). Both groups were aged 9-15 years and were matched for expressive and receptive language skills and non-verbal intelligence. Narratives were analysed for local structure elements (length, fluency, errors, semantics and syntax), cohesion and global elements (story grammar and internal state language).Result: Results indicated that the narratives of the children with ASD were syntactically less complex, contained more ambiguous pronouns and included fewer story grammar elements than their control counterparts; with further analysis showing differences between younger and older children.Conclusion: The present findings provide evidence that children with ASD exhibit subtle story generation impairments and provide preliminary support for the inclusion of narratives elicited as part of the ADOS in the assessment of specific language skills in this population.