Table 1.
Means and correct responses on key measures by diagnostic and age groupings
| Diagnosis (Group) |
Typically developing | Deafness (Group 1) |
Autism (Group 2) |
Asperger Syndrome (Group 3) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oldest (Group 4A) | Middle (Group 4B) | Youngest (Group 4C) | ||||
| N | 29 | 16 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 41 |
| Age (SD) | 8.77 (1.15) | 6.96 (.40) | 4.75 (.90) | 9.62 (1.70) | 9.02 (2.12) | 9.52 (2.16) |
| Mean CELF1(SD) | 21.85 (.37) | 20.91 (1.22) | 19.53 (1.50) | 17.87 (2.99) | 17.45 (5.14) | 20.20 (2.55) |
| Pass DD2 | 29 (100%) | 14 (88%) | 22 (96%) | 29 (94%) | 41 (93%) | 40 (98%) |
| Pass DB3 | 29 (100%) | 15 (94%) | 19 (83%) | 29 (94%) | 38 (86%) | 38 (93%) |
| Pass KA4 | 29 (100%) | 16 (100%) | 17 (74%) | 20 (64%) | 31 (70%) | 36 (88%) |
| Pass FB5 | 29 (100%) | 11 (69%) | 10 (43%) | 16 (52%) | 19 (43%) | 26 (63%) |
| Pass HE6 | 23 (79%) | 8 (50%) | 5 (22%) | 6 (19%) | 23 (52%) | 26 (63%) |
| Pass SARC7 | 12 (41%) | 8 (50%) | 1 (4%) | 1 (3%) | 10 (23%) | 11 (27%) |
| Mean total (ToM-6)8(SD) | 5.21 (.73) | 4.50 (1.46) | 3.22 (1.28) | 3.26 (1.36) | 3.68 (1.70) | 4.32 (1.47) |
| Mean total (ToM-5) (SD) | 4.79 (.42) | 4.00 (1.03) | 3.17 (1.19) | 3.23 (1.31) | 3.45 (1.40) | 4.05 (1.20) |
1
Verbal ability (raw syntax score on Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals –Preschool Test)
2
DD = Diverse Desires
3
DB = Diverse Beliefs
4
KA = Knowledge Access
5
FB = Contents False Belief
6
HE = Hidden Emotion
7
SARC = Sarcasm Understanding
8
Total score on new 6-step ToM scale