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Narrative identity differences in autism.

Mélissa C Allé^1,2, Priscille Schneider³, Lyla Rigoulot⁴

¹Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 9193 - SCALab - Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives, 59000, Lille, France. melissa.alle@univ-lille.fr.

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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.

Keywords:

Autism Life story Narrative coherence Narrative identity Others’ perspective-taking

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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.