Levels of Self-representation and Their Sociocognitive Correlates in Late-Diagnosed Autistic Adults

R L Moseley; C H Liu; N J Gregory; P Smith; S Baron-Cohen; J Sui

doi:10.1007/s10803-021-05251-x

Levels of Self-representation and Their Sociocognitive Correlates in Late-Diagnosed Autistic Adults

R L Moseley^* (Corresponding Author), C H Liu, N J Gregory, P Smith, S Baron-Cohen, J Sui

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Abstract

The cognitive representation of oneself is central to other sociocognitive processes, including relations with others. It is reflected in faster, more accurate processing of self-relevant information, a "self-prioritisation effect" (SPE) which is inconsistent across studies in autism. Across two tasks with autistic and non-autistic participants, we explored the SPE and its relationship to autistic traits, mentalizing ability and loneliness. A SPE was intact in both groups, but together the two tasks suggested a reduced tendency of late-diagnosed autistic participants to differentiate between familiar and unfamiliar others and greater ease disengaging from the self-concept. Correlations too revealed a complex picture, which we attempt to explore and disentangle with reference to the inconsistency across self-processing studies in autism, highlighting implications for future research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3246–3259
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	52
Early online date	30 Aug 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05251-x
Publication status	Published - 2022

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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by departmental funds granted to RLM, for which we thank the Psychology Department at Bournemouth University. Our immense gratitude goes to our participants, who so generously gave their time to this research, and to the owners/moderators of the online support groups who allowed us to advertise our research there.

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Partial financial support was received from Bournemouth University.

Keywords

Self-bias
Self-representation
Social cognition
Mentalizing
Loneliness

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