F84.5
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Arm 1: Persons without diagnosis within the autism spectrum are included.
A general questionnaire to collect demographic information is completed.
A rating task of short stories with typica
Sponsors
Sonderforschungsbereich 1252: Prominenz in Sprache, Universität Köln
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: General inclusion criteria: - Minimum age: 18 - German as mother tongue, monolingual language acquisition - legally effective, written declaration of consent of the respondent to participate in the study Additional inclusion criteria for non-autistic persons: - Exclusion of neurological and psychiatric diseases - No current psychotropic medication or consumption of illegal substances Additional inclusion criteria for persons diagnosed with high-functioning ASD: - Diagnosis F84.5 (Asperger's syndrome) according to ICD-10 - Exclusion of comorbid neurological and psychiatric diseases (with the exception of treated depression)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria: - Minors - Current or previous diagnosis of psychiatric or neurological disease, but not F84.5 (Asperger's syndrome) - Mother tongue other than German or bilingual language acquisition - Missing legally effective declaration of consent, persons who are not legally competent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Free indirect discourse is rated better if it can be attributed to the prominent speaker. Primary outcome: Group mean values of the rating values of the preferred condition are significantly higher than the group mean values of the rating values of the dispreferred condition. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The ratings of the short stories differ between the two groups. Secondary outcome: Group averages of the rating values differ significantly between both groups | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactJuliane Zimmermann
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Uniklinik Köln
Outcome results
None listed