Table 2.

Means and standard deviations for all measures

	HFA			COM
Measure Name	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	F-value
Autism Symptom Severity
Social Communication Questionnaire	39	20.05	5.69	39	5.54	3.63	180.26***
Verbal IQ
WISC-IV	39	103.31	15.42	39	107.74	11.61	2.06
Parent-reported Social Anxiety Scale
Total Score Mean	37	2.88	.80	36	1.83	0.67	37.18***
Theory of Mind Composite	36	−.25	1.06	37	.20	.59	5.36*
Strange Stories	36	19.25	3.48	33	21.64	1.62	12.92***
Reading the Mind in the Eyes	36	19.47	3.92	37	20.03	2.73	.49
Observed Social Initiative Composite	38	.28	.81	38	−.29	.75	10.28**
Get to Know You Total Time Talking (seconds)	38	114.03	43.82	38	79.26	35.77	14.35***
Get to Know You Shares	38	29.87	9.96	38	21.61	9.00	14.39***
Teamwork Task Suggestions Made	37	10.57	4.48	37	9.73	5.55	.51
Observed Reciprocity Composite	38	−.36	.63	38	.35	.63	23.59***
Get to Know You Seeking	38	7.63	5.10	38	10.84	8.05	4.32*
Get to Know You Eye Contact	38	3.55	1.48	38	4.74	0.72	19.57***
Get to Know You Conversational Efficacy	38	3.71	1.23	38	4.13	1.14	2.39
Get to Know You Rapport	38	3.16	1.26	38	4.24	1.05	16.38***
Teamwork Task Suggestions Made	37	1.16	1.72	37	2.73	2.28	11.12**
Teamwork Task Rapport	37	3.78	0.95	37	4.59	0.60	19.38***
Observed Self-Monitoring Composite	38	−.06	.85	38	.06	.73	.41
Teaching Task Waiting	38	9.5	11.30	38	10.39	8.38	.16
Teaching Task Showing Actions	38	2.00	3.34	38	2.68	3.84	.69
Teaching Task Verbal Directives	38	7.34	7.35	38	6.63	5.68	.22
Teaching Task Teaching Efficacy	38	3.45	1.55	38	3.89	1.48	1.65

Note. HFA = high functioning autism, COM = comparison without autism, WISC-IV = Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children-Fourth Edition, SASC-R = Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised, SAD-N = Social Avoidance and Distress-New, SAD-G = Social Avoidance and Distress-General, FNE = Fear of Negative Evaluations.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001