Table 1 Mean (S.E.M.) of chronological age, gender, total IQ, verbal IQ, performance IQ and trait anxiety for both groups (after automatic matching procedure), total missed trials of each group and ADOS for the ASD group.

From: Shared mechanism for emotion processing in adolescents with and without autism

 

ASD (n = 20)

TD (n = 20)

Test value, p value, effect size value

Age

14.10 (0.43)

13.75 (0.33)

U = 178.000, ASD = TD = 20, p = 0.543, r = 0.09

Gender

Males n = 16

Males n = 15

Χ2(1) = 0.143, p = 0.705, ϕ = 0.06.

IQ total

103.2 (4.3)

100.1 (2.1)

U = 184.500, ASD = TD = 20, p = 0.664, r = 0.07

IQ verbal

102.9 (5.6)

100.4 (2.2)

U = 189.500, ASD = TD = 20, p = 0.776, r = 0.04

IQ performance

104.8 (4.5)

99.65 (2.8)

U = 175.500, ASD = TD = 20, p = 0.507, r = 0.10

Anxiety

14.6 (0.9)

13.5 (0.7)

U = 162.000, ASD = TD = 20, p = 0.302, r = 0.16

Total non-response trials

32 (0.34)

54 (0.43)

U = 150.500, ASD = TD = 20, p = 0.164, r = 0.22

ADOS

11.4 (0.45)

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