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Narratives of children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analysis
Belén RosellóAna MirandaInmaculada BaixauliCarla Colomer Diagosubject
narrativeAutism Spectrum DisordermicrostructureautismDevelopmental psychology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineIntervention (counseling)macrostructureDevelopmental and Educational PsychologymedicineHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesNarrativeSpectrum disorderChildLanguageNarration05 social sciencesinternal state languagemedicine.diseaseRandom effects modelmeta-analysisHigh-functioning autismClinical PsychologyCase-Control StudiesMeta-analysisAutismPsychologyInclusion (education)030217 neurology & neurosurgery050104 developmental & child psychologydescription
Abstract Background The aim of this meta-analysis was to analyze the narrative performance of children and adolescents with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in terms of microstructure, macrostructure and internal state language. Method A systematic literature search yielded 24 studies that met the predetermined inclusion criteria. Effect sizes for each study were calculated for eight variables and analyzed using a random effects model. Intellectual ability, age and type of narrative were considered as potential moderators. Results Results revealed that the children with ASD performed significantly worse than their peers on all the variables considered. Conclusions Findings are discussed taking into account the main explanatory psychological autism theories. Implications for intervention and orientations for future research are suggested.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-01 | Research in Developmental Disabilities |