Doing Diagnosis

Autism, Interaction Order, and the Use of Narrative in Clinical Talk

Bibliographic Data

ID11325484
AuthorsD W Maynard (0000-0002-3021-6916, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author), J Turowetz (0000-0002-2724-764X, Universitat Siegen, Siegen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)
Year2017
Volume80
Issue3
Pages254-275
Publication date2017-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Psychology Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0190-2725 • E-ISSN: 1939-8999
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0190272517720683
OpenAlexW2745720091
LanguageEN
Citations received30
References cited65

This study, with an eye toward the social psychology of diagnosis more generally, is an investigation of how clinicians diagnose children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Responding to Hacking’s call for a Goffmanian mode of analysis to complement and balance the emphasis on large-scale transformations and discourses, we examine the narrative way in which clinicians provide evidence to support a diagnostic position. Using recordings and transcripts of clinical visits across two eras, our findings about the interaction order of the clinic show distinct story types and components that contribute to diagnostic narratives for ASD. These include stories about concrete “instantiations,” stories that propose “tendencies,” and “typifications” or generalizations regarding a specific child. This work contributes to interaction order theory, methodology, and other domains of social psychological research

Autism · Autism spectrum disorder · Developmental psychology · Linguistics · Narrative · Order (exchange · Social relation · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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