Social cognition in adolescents with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD): Evidence from the Social Attribution Task

Claire L Forrest; Vanessa Lloyd-Esenkaya; Jenny L Gibson; Michelle St Clair

doi:10.1007/s10803-022-05698-6

Social cognition in adolescents with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD): Evidence from the Social Attribution Task

Claire L Forrest, Vanessa Lloyd-Esenkaya, Jenny L Gibson, Michelle St Clair

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Abstract

Social cognition impairments may explain social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD) in individuals with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). In a novel approach, the Social Attribution Task (SAT) was used to examine this association. SAT narratives were coded from 53 participants [n = 26 DLD; n = 27 typical language development (TLD)] matched on age (M _age = 13;6) and gender (35.9% female). Parents reported SEBD. Adolescents with DLD performed worse than their TLD peers on the majority of SAT indices and had higher peer (d = 1.09) and emotional problems (d =.75). There was no association between social cognition abilities and SEBD. These exploratory findings suggest social cognition should be further examined in this population.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4243–4257
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	53
Early online date	15 Aug 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05698-6
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2023

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The authors wish to thank the adolescents and their parents who participated in the study, and to all those who shared the advertising material to help with recruitment of the sample. We also acknowledge Heider and Simmel (1944 ) for creating the original animation and Klin (2000 ) whose scoring procedure has been adapted for the current study.

Keywords

Adolescents
Developmental language disorder
Social and emotional difficulties
Social cognition
Theory of mind

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Developmental and Educational Psychology

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