Table 2 Child Affect and Likability Ratings and for the Total Group and Subgroups of Participants based on Individual Child Characteristics and Results of Exploratory Analyses.

From: Adherence and acceptability of a robot-assisted Pivotal Response Treatment protocol for children with autism spectrum disorder

Total group

M(SD)

H (df)

p

M(SD)

H (df)

p

M(SD)

H (df)

p

4.3 (0.6)

  

4.5 (0.5)

  

4.3 (0.8)

  

Age

 

1.72 (1)

.189

 

1.58 (1)

.208

 

7.91 (1)

.005**

   Preschool

3.9 (0.8)

  

4.1 (0.5)

  

3.5 (0.8)

  

   School-aged

4.5 (0.5)

  

4.5 (0.5)

  

4.7 (0.4)

  

Gender

 

1.85 (1)

.174

 

0.26 (1)

.609

 

0.23 (1)

.629

   Male

4.2 (0.6)

  

4.4 (0.5)

  

4.3 (0.8)

  

   Female

4.7 (0.3)

  

4.2 (0.7)

  

4.5 (0.6)

  

Total IQ

 

2.59 (2)

.274

 

0.26 (2)

.879

 

0.21 (2)

.899

   Below average

4.8 (0.2)

  

4.5 (0.1)

  

4.5 (0.5)

  

   Average

4.2 (0.7)

  

4.4 (0.4)

  

4.3 (0.8)

  

   Above average

4.4 (0.5)

  

4.2 (0.9)

  

4.3 (0.9)

  

ADOS severity

 

1.83 (2)

.401

 

6.23 (2)

.044*

 

2.06 (2)

.357

   Low

4.3 (0.6)

  

3.6 (0.9)

  

4.2 (1.1)

  

   Moderate

4.4 (0.6)

  

4.6 (0.4)

  

4.5 (0.8)

  

   Severe

4.1 (0.6)

  

4.2 (0.3)

  

4.1 (0.4)

  

Psychiatric comorbidity

 

0.77 (2)

.681

 

1.48 (2)

.476

 

0.70 (2)

.706

   AD(H)D

4.4 (0.7)

  

4.3 (1.0)

  

4.3 (1.2)

  

   Other

4.2 (0.3)

  

4.1 (0.3)

  

4.1 (0.3)

  

   None

4.3 (0.6)

  

4.4 (0.5)

  

4.4 (0.8)

  
  1. Note. *p < .05, **p < .01, AD(H)D = attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, ADOS = autism diagnostic observation schedule, df = degrees of freedom, H = test statistic resulting from Kruskal-Wallis test, IQ = intelligence quotient, M = mean, p = p-value, SD = standard deviation.
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