Story recall and narrative coherence of high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorders
Story recall and narrative coherence of high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorders
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DOI：
10.1007/s10802-005-9003-x
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发表时间：
2006-02-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Young, Edna Carter
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作者：
Diehl, Joshua J.;Bennetto, Loisa;Young, Edna Carter
先前的研究发现，在高功能自闭症谱系障碍（asd）儿童和匹配良好的对照组之间，他们叙述的长度、复杂性和结构几乎没有定量差异。然而，研究人员注意到，自闭症儿童的叙述具有不寻常和特殊的性质。本研究对17名高功能自闭症儿童和17名年龄、性别、语言能力和认知能力相匹配的正常发育儿童的叙事进行了分析。我们考察了故事回忆和叙事连贯性。研究显示各组在故事长度和句法复杂性上没有差异。患有自闭症的儿童在使用故事的要点来帮助回忆方面也与对照组没有什么不同，或者他们对故事事件重要性的敏感性也没有什么不同。然而，与对照组相比，患有自闭症谱系障碍的儿童确实产生了明显不连贯的叙述。患有自闭症谱系障碍的儿童似乎不太可能使用故事的要点来连贯地组织他们的叙述。这些发现与asd儿童的其他认知和语言困难的关系进行了讨论。
Previous research has found few quantitative differences between children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and well-matched controls in the length, complexity, and structure of their narratives. Researchers have noted, however, that narratives of children with ASDs have an unusual and idiosyncratic nature. This study provides an analysis of narratives in 17 children with high-functioning ASDs and 17 typically developing children matched on age, gender, language abilities, and cognitive abilities. We examined story recall and narrative coherence. The study revealed no group differences in story length or syntactic complexity. Children with ASDs also did not differ from controls in their use of the gist of a story to aid recall, or in their sensitivity to the importance of story events. Children with ASDs did, however, produce narratives that were significantly less coherent than the narratives of controls. Children with ASDs appeared less likely to use the gist of the story to organize their narratives coherently. These findings are discussed with regard to their relationship to other cognitive and linguistic difficulties of children with ASDs.