Self-Disorders in Individuals with Autistic Traits: Contribution of Reduced Autobiographical Reasoning Capacities
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Self-Disorders in Individuals with Autistic Traits: Contribution of Reduced Autobiographical Reasoning Capacities. / Berna, Fabrice; Göritz, Anja S; Schröder, Johanna; Coutelle, Romain; Danion, Jean-Marie; Cuervo-Lombard, Christine V; Moritz, Steffen.
In: J AUTISM DEV DISORD, Vol. 46, No. 8, 08.2016, p. 2587-98.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Self-Disorders in Individuals with Autistic Traits: Contribution of Reduced Autobiographical Reasoning Capacities
AU - Berna, Fabrice
AU - Göritz, Anja S
AU - Schröder, Johanna
AU - Coutelle, Romain
AU - Danion, Jean-Marie
AU - Cuervo-Lombard, Christine V
AU - Moritz, Steffen
PY - 2016/8
Y1 - 2016/8
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-016-2797-2
DO - 10.1007/s10803-016-2797-2
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 27101235
VL - 46
SP - 2587
EP - 2598
JO - J AUTISM DEV DISORD
JF - J AUTISM DEV DISORD
SN - 0162-3257
IS - 8
ER -