Specificity of the short‐story task for autism diagnosis when controlling for depression
Irina Jarvers,
Johannes Pfisterer,
Katrin Döhnel
et al.
Abstract:Securing an accurate autism‐spectrum‐condition diagnosis, particularly among women, remains challenging for autistic adults. Building upon previous research highlighting the short‐story task (SST) as a promising tool for detecting fiction‐based mentalizing difficulties in autistic adults, this study expands its scope. We investigated the SST's discriminative capacity across three distinct groups: autistic individuals (n = 32), nonautistic individuals without mental health problems (n = 32), and nonautistic ind… Show more
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