Table 1.

Sample characteristics and group comparisons

	TD		ASD		Statistic	p
	M	SD	M	SD
AgeB	37.77	12.73	39.52	12.80	U = 618	0.630
AQB	13.39	5.89	39.59	5.77	U = 1116	< 0.001
EQB	47.06	13.77	15.41	8.09	U = 32	< 0.001
SQA	26.35	10.66	39.18	15.08	t(59.4) = 4.05	< 0.001
SPQ	55.15	14.56	53.50	15.06	t(66) =  – 0.459	0.648
ADCB	17.41	9.39	51.32	14.80	U = 1126	< 0.001
BDI-IIB	4.79	5.70	15.77	11.48	U = 928	< 0.001
D2	104.35	11.05	109.44	12.19	t(66) = 1.80	0.076
vIQ	107.03	8.88	109.88	11.39	t(65) = 1.14	0.258

AQ Autism Spectrum Quotient, EQ  Empathy Quotient, SQ  Systemizing Quotient, SPQ  Sensory Perception Quotient, ADC  Adult Dyspraxia Checklist, BDI  Beck’s Depression Inventory II, D2  test of concentration abilities, vIQ  verbal Intelligence Quotient assessed by ‘Wortschatztest’

Results of Student ‘s t-tests with α = 0.05.

^AUnequal variances indicated by Bartlett tests and Welch approximation of df applied

^BViolation of normality indicated by Shapiros test and results of Wilcoxon U-tests reported

AQ data and vIQ data missing for one TD participant each