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ERIC Number: EJ1185570
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Aug
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1362-3613
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Perspective-Taking Is Two-Sided: Misunderstandings between People with Asperger's Syndrome and Their Family Members
Heasman, Brett; Gillespie, Alex
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, v22 n6 p740-750 Aug 2018
Misunderstandings are social in nature, always having two sides. Yet the misunderstandings experienced by people with Asperger's syndrome are usually studied in terms of the individual with a diagnosis, with less emphasis on social relations. We use a two-sided methodology to map out misunderstandings within 22 dyads (n = 44) consisting of people with Asperger's syndrome and their family members. Both sides of the relationship were asked about 12 topics in terms of one's rating of Self, one's rating of Other and one's predicted rating by Other. The findings show that people with Asperger's are able to predict lower scores from family members, despite disagreeing with their view, and that family members often over-estimate the extent to which their relatives with Asperger's syndrome are egocentrically anchored in their own perspective. The research demonstrates that a two-sided methodology is viable, and it uses it to identify how representations of Asperger's syndrome can both support and hinder social understanding within relationships affected by Asperger's.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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