Perspective-taking is two-sided: Misunderstandings between people with Asperger’s syndrome and their family members
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Misunderstandings are social in nature, always having two sides. Yet the misunderstandings experienced by people with Asperger’s syndrome are usually studied in terms of the individual with a diagnosis, with less emphasis on social relations. We use a two-sided methodology to map out misunderstandings within 22 dyads (n = 44) consisting of people with Asperger’s syndrome and their family members. Both sides of the relationship were asked about 12 topics in terms of one’s rating of Self, one’s rating of Other and one’s predicted rating by Other. The findings show that people with Asperger’s are able to predict lower scores from family members, despite disagreeing with their view, and that family members often over-estimate the extent to which their relatives with Asperger’s syndrome are egocentrically anchored in their own perspective. The research demonstrates that a two-sided methodology is viable, and it uses it to identify how representations of Asperger’s syndrome can both support and hinder social understanding within relationships affected by Asperger’s.
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Neurotypical family members tended to underestimate their autistic family member's perspective-taking ability.
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- Authors
- Heasman, B., & Gillespie, A.
- Affiliations
- London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Heasman, Brett
- Venue
- Autism
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2017-07-07
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 740-750
- ISSN
- 1362-3613 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7005
- PMC
- PMC6055325
- OpenAlex
- W2727105378
- Cited by
- 163
- References
- 82
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 6.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Autism (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
- Research at York St John (York St John University) (submittedVersion)
- London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council (ES/J500070/1)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Keywords
- Asperger syndrome, perspective taking, family relationships, interpersonal misunderstanding, dyads, self-other perception, self-centeredness, social understanding, autism spectrum disorder
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Communication, Family, Family Relations, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Social Perception, Asperger Syndrome, Comprehension, Young Adult
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