“I feel that l have learnt to accept myself … but l don’t think the world is ready to be understanding & supportive”: A Foucauldian discourse analysis of adolescent autistic girls' constructions of their self-concept and social identity.

Morgan, Rebekah 2021. “I feel that l have learnt to accept myself … but l don’t think the world is ready to be understanding & supportive”: A Foucauldian discourse analysis of adolescent autistic girls' constructions of their self-concept and social identity. DEdPsy Thesis, Cardiff University. Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

This paper is made up of three distinct parts: Part 1 presents an introduction to the concept of autism, an introduction to the research around girls with autism and their diagnosis in adolescence, a focus upon the theoretical understandings of self-concept and social identity, and the way that these are viewed through a relativist ontology. Next there is a turn towards the use of discursive and social constructionist paradigms and a focus upon the prominent discourses around autism. Finally, this focusses into a review of the literature into the self-concept and social identity of autistic adolescents and culminates with a focus upon the area of enquiry and the research questions that emerged. Part 2 presents an empirical paper that sets out the research rationale, methodology and results for the study. Findings are discussed, followed by consideration of strengths and limitations, and implications for further research. Part 3 is a reflective and reflexive critical appraisal of the research process and the role of the researcher. It starts with a narrative account of the way the research subject was selected, and how the ontological and epistemological positionality of the researcher impacted the aims, orientation, methodology and data analysis undertaken in this work. It ends with a focus upon the contribution to knowledge and practice that this research makes.

Item Type:	Thesis (DEdPsy)
Date Type:	Completion
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	5 August 2021
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2021 08:36
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/143153

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