Date of Completion
2021
Document Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Neuroscience / Communication Sciences and Disorders
Thesis Type
Honors College
First Advisor
Patricia Prelock
Keywords
Theory of Mind, Autism, Social Stories, Development
Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impairments in social interaction and social communication (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). At the core of the social impairment is a likely deficit in the Theory of Mind (ToM). This study uses ToM measures to assess emotion recognition and desire-based emotions pre- and post-intervention in neurotypical and ASD children between the ages of 8 and 12 following nine weeks of social-cognitive intervention (i.e., individualized Social Stories). Results showed that neurotypical children have greater emotion recognition and understanding of desire-based emotion than children with ASD, and that children with ASD exhibit variable improvements in their ToM following social story (SS) intervention.
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Recommended Citation
Donepudi, Sindhu, "Theory of Mind Differences Between Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder Following Social Story Intervention" (2021). UVM Patrick Leahy Honors College Senior Theses. 443.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/hcoltheses/443