Story reception and affiliation in autism spectrum disorder

Authors

• Emmi Koskinen University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences
• Melisa Stevanovic Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23997/pk.107689

Keywords:

affiliation, asperger, autism spectrum disorder, empathy, story reception, storytelling

Abstract

The storytelling and narration abilities in autism spectrum disorder have been studied
extensively with experimental and conversation analytic methods. Story reception, however,
has received less attention. In this study we focus especially on the story reception practices
and a liation of participants with autism spectrum disorder. The dataset consists of ten video
recordings of dyadic conversations, where one participant has been diagnosed with Asperger
Syndrome (AS), and the other participant is neurotypical. By presenting a conversation
analytic case study we demonstrate how three features related to AS (rule-centeredness, local
orientation and egocentricity) react on the story reception practices and a liation of AS
participants. Increasing the understanding of interactional practices and their e ect on the
relationship of the participants can help unravel the speci c interactional features related to
AS and build understanding between different people and their interactional styles.