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Narrative identity differences in autism.
Mélissa C Allé1,2, Priscille Schneider3, Lyla Rigoulot4
1Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 9193 - SCALab - Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives, 59000, Lille, France. melissa.alle@univ-lille.fr.
Scientific Reports
|May 16, 2025
Summary
Autistic individuals show differences in life story narrative identity, with lower coherence and a focus on more negative personal events compared to non-autistic individuals.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Science
Background:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is often associated with altered self-perception and self-continuity.
- Previous research on autistic narrative identity focused on single event recall, not integrated life stories.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the narrative identity of autistic individuals by analyzing their life stories.
- To compare the narrative coherence and content of life stories between autistic and non-autistic individuals.
Main Methods:
- Life stories were collected from autistic (n=22) and non-autistic (n=22) participants.
- Narrative coherence, including causal-motivational coherence, was assessed.
- Content analysis focused on event negativity, emotional retrieval, and life impact.
Main Results:
- Autistic individuals exhibited lower global and causal-motivational coherence in their life narratives.
- Life stories of autistic individuals featured fewer typical narrative beginnings and endings.
- Autistic participants recalled more negative personal events with lower life impact and associated negative feelings.
Conclusions:
- Autistic individuals demonstrate a distinct narrative identity characterized by reduced coherence and a different emphasis on life events.
- These differences may stem from variations in narrative coherence, temporal frameworks, and perspective-taking abilities in autism.
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