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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Autism. 2014 Jun 10;19(4):491–504. doi: 10.1177/1362361314536625

Table 3.

Association between depression and anxiety instruments, age, and verbal IQ

Pearson r
p-value
n
BDI-II SRDQ CDI-Total CDI-F CDI-E CDRS-R ASR-W ASR-D ASR-I ABCL-W ABCL-D ABCL-I AMAS-A SCAS-P Verbal IQ
BDI-II --

SRDQ 0.7
< 0.01 --
48

CDI-Total 0.63 0.52
0.002 0.02 --
21 21

    Functional 0.67 0.4 0.84
0.001 0.07 <0.001 --
21 21 21

    Emotional 0.28 0.36 0.82 0.39
0.23 0.11 <0.001 0.08 --
21 21 21 21

CDRS-raw 0.52 0.47 0.81 0.73 0.62
<0.001 0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.003 --
46 44 21 21 21

ASR Withdrawn 0.43 0.38 0.43 0.76 −0.06 0.4
0.07 0.12 0.07 <0.001 −0.82 0.1 --
18 18 18 18 18 18

    Depressive 0.617 0.81 0.45 0.43 0.22 0.28 0.56
0.01 < 0.001 0.06 0.08 0.38 0.26 0.02 --
18 18 18 18 18 18 18

    Internalizing 0.73 0.82 0.52 0.55 0.22 0.31 0.69 0.88
0.001 <0.001 0.03 0.02 0.39 0.22 0.001 <0.001 --
18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

ABCL Withdrawn 0.31 0.03 0.73 0.86 0.29 0.42 0.57 0.3 0.36
0.11 0.88 0.001 <0.001 0.24 0.02 0.01 0.23 0.14 --
29 29 18 18 18 29 18 18 18

    Depressive 0.307 0.27 0.65 0.64 0.4 0.61 0.67 0.58 0.54 0.47
0.11 0.16 0.003 0.01 0.1 <0.001 0.002 0.01 0.02 0.01 --
29 29 18 18 18 29 18 18 18 29

    Internalizing 0.45 0.3 0.75 0.67 0.51 0.6 0.46 0.46 0.47 0.66 0.82
0.013 0.11 <0.001 0.003 0.03 0.001 0.06 0.05 0.04 <0.001 <0.001 --
29 18 18 18 18 29 18 18 18 29 29

AMAS-Adult 0.55 0.63 0.43 0.3 0.3 0.21 0.3 0.75 0.76 0.13 0.34 0.28
0.02 0.01 0.07 0.22 0.23 0.41 0.22 <0.001 <0.001 0.61 0.16 0.26 --
18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

SCAS-Parent 0.49 0.58 0.62 0.43 0.54 0.37 0.15 0.46 0.45 0.51 0.47 0.73 0.41
0.02 0.01 0.003 0.51 0.01 0.1 0.55 0.06 0.06 0.03 0.04 0.001 0.09 --
21 21 21 21 21 21 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Verbal IQ −0.12 −0.06 0.34 0.28 0.26 0.08 0.16 0.19 0.09 0.23 0.27 0.11 0.39 0.27
0.41 0.68 0.14 0.22 0.25 0.6 0.54 0.45 0.71 0.24 0.15 0.58 0.11 0.24 --
50 48 21 21 21 46 18 18 18 29 29 29 18 21

Current Age 0.27 0.19 0.08 −0.05 0.21 0.16 −0.2 −0.16 −0.06 −0.26 0.17 −0.01 −0.01 −0.01 0.12
0.06 0.19 0.73 0.82 0.37 0.28 0.42 0.54 0.81 0.17 0.39 0.99 0.96 0.99 0.42
50 48 21 21 21 46 18 18 18 29 29 29 18 21 50

Note: Bold-type font (for correlation coefficients) and italic-type font (for p-values) indicate significance at the p<.01 criterion standard. BDI-II= Beck Depression Inventory-II total; SRDQ=Self-Report Depression Questionnaire total; CDI-F=Children's Depression Inventory, Functional Scale; CDI-E=Children's Depression Inventory, Emotional Scale; CDRS-R=Children's Depression Rating Scale total (raw scores); ASR-W=Adult Self Report, Withdrawn Scale; ASR-D=Adult Self Report, Depressive Scale; ASR-I=Adult Self Report, Internalizing Scale; ABCL-W=Adult Behavior Checklist, Withdrawn Scale; ABCL-D=Adult Behavior Checklist, Depressive Scale; ABCL-I=Adult Behavior Checklist, Internalizing Scale; AMAS-Adult=Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale total; SCAS-P=Spence Children's Anxiety Scale-Parent total.