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Does Autism Affect Children's Identification of Ownership and Defence of Ownership Rights?

Does Autism Affect Children's Identification of Ownership and Defence of Ownership Rights?

Authors :
Hartley, Calum
Harrison, Nina
Shaw, John J.
Source :
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Nov 2021 51(11):4227-4238.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

This study investigated how autism spectrum disorder (ASD) impacts children's ability to identify ownership from linguistic cues (proper nouns vs. possessive pronouns) and their awareness of ownership rights. In comparison to typically developing (TD) children matched on receptive language (M age equivalents: 53-56 months), children with ASD were less accurate at tracking owner-object relationships based on possessive pronouns and were less accurate at identifying the property of third parties. We also found that children with ASD were less likely to defend their own and others' ownership rights. We hypothesise that these results may be attributed to differences in representing the self and propose that ASD may be characterised by reduced concern for ownership and associated concepts.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0162-3257
Volume :
51
Issue :
11
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ1312784
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-04872-6