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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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21-04-2016 | Original Paper

Self-Disorders in Individuals with Autistic Traits: Contribution of Reduced Autobiographical Reasoning Capacities

Auteurs: Fabrice Berna, Anja S. Göritz, Johanna Schröder, Romain Coutelle, Jean-Marie Danion, Christine V. Cuervo-Lombard, Steffen Moritz

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 8/2016

Abstract

The present web-based study (N = 840) aimed to illuminate the cognitive mechanisms underlying self-disorders in autism. Initially, participants selected three self-defining memories. Then, we assessed their capacity to give meaning to these events (i.e., meaning making), their tendency to scrutinize autobiographical memory to better understand themselves (i.e., self-continuity function of autobiographical memory) and their clarity of self-concept. The results showed that individuals with high autistic traits (ATs) had a lower clarity of self-concept than control participants. Meaning making was also reduced in AT individuals and mediated the relation between AT and self-concept clarity. Our results suggest that the reduced clarity of self-concept in AT individuals is related to an impaired capacity to make meaning of important past life events.

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Titel: Self-Disorders in Individuals with Autistic Traits: Contribution of Reduced Autobiographical Reasoning Capacities
Auteurs: Fabrice Berna
Anja S. Göritz
Johanna Schröder
Romain Coutelle
Jean-Marie Danion
Christine V. Cuervo-Lombard
Steffen Moritz
Publicatiedatum: 21-04-2016
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 8/2016
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2797-2

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