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Narrative Assessment

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Narrative analysis

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A narrative assessment is the analysis of a story told by an individual to assess language and communication. A narrative can be used to measure pragmatic language use because it involves recounting a personal experience or retelling a story to another individual. Narratives can be examined for their structure (e.g., sentence complexity, story components), content (e.g., use of mental state terms), and/or style of presentation (e.g., use of prosody, gestures, facial expressions).

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  1. Autism Services, LOGAN Community Resources, Inc., 2505 Jefferson, South Bend, IN, 46615, USA

    Joshua J. Diehl

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  1. Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Fred R. Volkmar

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Diehl, J.J. (2017). Narrative Assessment. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_352-3

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