Table 4.

Most frequent companions during discretionary activities for adolescents with an ASD

Variable	n	%	Meana	SD	Range	Meanb
With mother	98	95	3.05 hrs	2.12	0.14–11.36 hrs	2.90 hrs
Alone	84	82	3.45 hrs	2.86	0.14–16.50 hrs	2.81 hrs
With father	80	78	1.97 hrs	1.44	0.14–7.21 hrs	1.53 hrs
With paid professionals	71	69	2.78 hrs	2.16	0.36–8.93 hrs	1.92 hrs
With siblings	67	65	2.45 hrs	2.31	0.14–13.71 hrs	1.59 hrs
With peers	49	48	2.11 hrs	2.16	0.14–9.43 hrs	1.00 hrs
With relatives	24	23	0.68 hrs	0.41	0.14–1.64 hrs	0.16 hrs
With others	9	9	0.98 hrs	0.87	0.14–2.50 hrs	0.09 hrs

^a.Mean value represents average time if adolescents spent time with specific activity partners.

^b.Mean value represents average time for all adolescents, including zeros if no time was spent with that specific activity partner.