. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 7.

Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2008 Feb 12;38(8):1518–1533. doi: 10.1007/s10803-007-0532-8

Table 7.

Correlations between Repetitive and Stereotyped Behaviors in the Second Year and Second and Fourth Year Measures

	Second Year Concurrent Measures		Fourth Year Outcome Measures

	CSBS Composite		MSEL		VABS		ADOS
	Symbolic	Social	NVDQ^a	VDQ^b	ABC^c	RRB^d	Social Affect
Second year measures	ASD group (n = 50)		ASD group (n= 46)
RSB with objects	−.31^*	−.31^*	−.38^*	−.33^*	−.03	.03	.19
RSB with body	−.23	−.21	−.20	−.09	.05	.28	.04
	ASD and DD groups (n =75)		ASD and DD groups (n =71)

RSB with objects	−.24^*	−.35^**	−.34^**	−.30^*	−.12	.26^*	.41^***
RSB with body	−.20	−.23^*	−.21	−.10	−.05	.36^**	.19

Note: Correlations are Pearson partial correlation coefficients controlling for age

Nonverbal developmental quotient;

Verbal developmental quotient;

Adaptive Behavior Composite;

Restricted Repetitive Behaviors

p < .05,

^**

p < .01,

^***

p < .001