Table 1

Demographic and behavioural characteristics for participants.

Control (N = 20)

Parent (N = 21)

T or χ2

Age

43.84 (6.86)

43.67 (7.33)

.08

Women/Men

13/6

15/6

.04

SES

42.58 (10.79)

41.33 (10.84)

.37

Verbal IQ

114.60 (11.82)

111.19 (9.00)

1.04

Performance IQ

116.40 (11.18)

113.43 (13.63)

.77

FSIQ

117.50 (11.98)

114.00 (13.36)

.96

AQ total

15.80 (6.35)

15.33 (5.56)

.25

AQ social skill

2.50 (1.91)

2.62 (2.18)

-.19

AQ attention switch

3.55 (2.40)

3.76 (2.10)

-.30

AQ local detail

5.85 (1.53)

4.57 (1.78)

2.47*

AQ communication

1.50 (1.73)

2.29 (1.52)

-1.54

AQ imagination

2.70 (1.90)

2.24 (1.78)

.80

SRS

38.33 (27.29)

38.90 (22.91)

-.55

Numbers in parentheses are standard deviations. * P < 0.05. Degrees of freedom = 39 for all t-tests. FSIQ = Full scale IQ. AQ = Autism-Spectrum Quotient. SRS = Social Responsiveness Scale. SES = Socioeconomic status [83].

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