title: Mothers' and Children's Story-Telling: A Study of Dyads with Typically Developing Children and Children with ASD.
abstract: The production of specific mental state terms types and functions by caregivers and their TD children and caregivers and their children with ASD were assessed in two contexts: a parent's story-telling task and a child's story-telling task. Caregivers of children with ASD produced less causal talk and proportionally less desire and cognitive talk than did caregivers of TD children. When focusing only on variation in our ASD sample, caregivers' and children's production of different mental state references varied with context and were predicted by different child characteristics (i.e., theory of mind, autism severity, language level). We conclude that caregivers are likely adjusting different aspects of mental state input depending on different aspects of child development although these adjustments may not always be optimal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Vermont, 489 Main Street, 407 Pomeroy Hall, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA. Tiffany.Hutchins@med.uvm.edu.
authors.forename: Tiffany L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Hutchins
authors.affiliation: Speech-Language Pathologist, White River School, 102 Pine St., White River Junction, VT, 05001, USA.
authors.forename: Chelsea
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deraway
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Vermont, 105 Rowell, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prelock
authors.affiliation: Speech-Language Pathologist, Chittenden East Supervisory Union, 211 Bridge Street, Richmond, VT, 05477, USA.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Neill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D033262:Narration
keywords: Autism; Mental state terms; Mother–child interaction; Theory of mind