Table 4.

Demographic Associations with Traumatic Symptom Dimensions Across Groups

	PCL B Re-Exp		PCL C Avoidance		PCL D Neg Cog/mood		PCL E Hyperarousal		PCL total Overall PTSD
	F	p	F	p	F	p	F	p	F	p
MANOVA between-subjects effects
Gender—autistic adults	8.90	<0.001	9.12	<0.001	8.08	<0.001	9.29	<0.001	10.28	<0.001
Post hoc findings	TNB > M		TNB > M W > M		TNB > M		TNB > M W > M		TNB > M W > M
Gender—nonautistic adults	13.26	<0.001	5.70	0.004	8.79	<0.001	7.40	<0.001	10.56	<0.001
Post hoc findings	TNB > M TNB > W W > M		W > M		TNB > M TNB > W W > M		TNB > M TNB > W		TNB > M TNB > W W > M
Race/ethnicity—autistic adults	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Race/ethnicity—nonautistic adults	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Correlations
Age—autistic adults	−0.01	0.939	−0.06	0.341	−0.06	0.317	−0.05	0.415	−0.05	0.441
Age—nonautistic adults	−0.17	0.001	−0.14	0.011	−0.26	<0.001	−0.25	<0.001	−0.23	<0.001
Income—autistic adults	−0.11	0.087	−0.08	0.209	−0.16	0.009	−0.12	0.043	−0.14	0.025
Income—nonautistic adults	−0.09	0.087	−0.09	0.086	−0.12	0.025	−0.10	0.059	−0.11	0.039

Bolded values indicate significance. —, nonsignificant multivariate test for MANOVA, precluding interpretation of between-subjects effects.

PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder.