Table 4.

Correlations Between Emotion Regulation Strategies by Group

Autism spectrum disorder	Primary engagement	Secondary engagement	Voluntary disengagement	Involuntary engagement
Secondary engagement	0.204
Voluntary disengagement	−0.215	−0.073
Involuntary engagement	−0.584**	−0.718***	−0.195
Involuntary disengagement	−0.513**	−0.755***	−0.150	0.618***

Controls	Primary engagement	Secondary engagement	Voluntary disengagement	Involuntary engagement
Secondary engagement	0.138
Voluntary disengagement	−0.442*	−0.487*
Involuntary engagement	−0.421*	−0.867***	0.353
Involuntary disengagement	−0.650***	−0.637***	0.266	0.676***

Bolded values represent significant correlations.

^*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).

^**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).

^***Correlation is significant at the 0.001 level (two-tailed).