The relationships between autobiographical memories and social dysfunctions in children with autistic spectrum disorders

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380895
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University
• Principal Investigator: Hirano Mikio 東北文化学園大学, 医療福祉学部, 教授 (20364432)
• Research Collaborator: SUZUKI Toru
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 自閉症スペクトラム / 自伝的記憶 / 社会性の障害 / 心の理論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, the authors studied the relationships between autobiographical memories and social dysfunctions in children with autistic spectrum disorders(ASD). Children with both intellectual disability and ASD had a tendency to recall specific autobiographical memories in lifetime periods conditions rather than emotional words conditions. They also had a problem to understand relationships between their own actions and those effects. Regarding the relationships between the autobiographical memory and theory of mind, children who passed the theory of mind had a tendency to recall specific autobiographical memories in emotional words conditions.

Free Research Field

障害児心理学