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Story Goodness in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and in Optimal Outcomes From ASD
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, v 59(3), pp 533-545
01 Jun 2016
PMID: 27280731
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Abstract
Purpose: This study examined narrative quality of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using a well-studied "story goodness" coding system.
Method: Narrative samples were analyzed for distinct aspects of story goodness and rated by naive readers on dimensions of story goodness, accuracy, cohesiveness, and oddness. Adolescents with high-functioning ASD were compared with adolescents with typical development (TD; n = 15 per group). A second study compared narratives from adolescents across three groups: ASD, TD, and youths with "optimal outcomes," who were diagnosed with ASD early in development but no longer meet criteria for ASD and have typical behavioral functioning.
Results: In both studies, the ASD groups narratives had lower composite quality scores compared with peers with typical development. In Study 2, narratives from the optimal outcomes group were intermediate in scores and did not differ significantly from those of either other group. However, naive raters were able to detect qualitative narrative differences across groups.
Conclusions: Findings indicate that pragmatic deficits in ASD are salient and could have clinical relevance. Furthermore, results indicate subtle differences in pragmatic language skills for individuals with optimal outcomes despite otherwise typical language skills in other domains. These results highlight the need for clinical interventions tailored to the specific deficits of these populations.
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- Title
- Story Goodness in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and in Optimal Outcomes From ASD
- Creators
- Allison R. Canfield - University of ConnecticutInge-Marie Eigsti - University of ConnecticutAshley de Marchena - Center for Autism and Related DisordersDeborah Fein - University of Connecticut
- Publication Details
- Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, v 59(3), pp 533-545
- Publisher
- Amer Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- R01MH076189 / National Institute of Mental Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) 458938 / University of Connecticut Research Foundation T32NS007413 / National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute; Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000386781500011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84976259404
- Other Identifier
- 991020100089604721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Audiology & Speech-language Pathology
- Linguistics
- Rehabilitation