Table 5.
Correlations of Repetitive Speech with Cognitive and Language Measures for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
| Self-repeats
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Echolalia
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Intra-turn | Between turns | Overall | Immediate | Near-immediate | |
| CA | −0.01 | −0.07 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 0.33* | 0.12 |
| VIQ | 0.10 | 0.21 | −0.03 | −0.12 | −0.08 | 0.22 |
| NVIQ | 0.08 | 0.23 | −0.03 | −0.24 | −0.15 | −0.07 |
| SCQ | −0.09 | 0.08 | −0.16 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| ADOS | −0.12 | −0.18 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.15 | −0.04 |
| CLS | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.02 | −0.14 | −0.11 | 0.17 |
| PPVT | 0.15 | 0.27 | −0.05 | −0.34* | −0.34* | 0.03 |
| Fluency | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.19 |
| NRT | −0.14 | −0.18 | −0.10 | −0.21 | −0.15 | −0.03 |
*
P < 0.05.
CA, chronological age; VIQ, verbal IQ; NVIQ, nonverbal IQ; SCQ, Social Communication Questionnaire; ADOS, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Severity Metric; CLS, CELF Core Language Score; PPVT-III, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Fluency, NEPSY Semantic Verbal Fluency; NRT, Nonword Repetition Task.