Table 2.
Oneway ANOVA Results for Group Differences in Performance on Communication Measures
| Study Group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Control M±SD [Range] | ASD – M±SD [Range] | ASD + M±SD [Range] | F | η 2 |
| Speech Articulation | 103.38±1.93 [101-108] | 84.47±22.21 [40-105] | 93.16±18.33 [40-110] | 5.14 | .14 |
| Expressive Language | 110.25±10.46 [89-132] | 73.78±28.18a*** [45-118] | 75.46±26.63a*** [45-128] | 12.86*** | .30 |
| Receptive Language | 108.06±11.08 [92-134] | 75.06±28.50a*** [45-131] | 76.83±23.13a*** [45-128] | 11.98*** | .28 |
| Core Language | 113.38±8.01 [99-133] | 71.17±30.69a*** [40-120] | 73.14±26.70a*** [40-126] | 16.32*** | .35 |
| Phonological Awareness | 109.56±9.87 [91-124] | 87.13±20.05a*** [46-115] | 91.68±16.51a*** [61-124] | 8.96*** | .24 |
| Adult Vocal Affect Recognition | 105.96±9.00 [88.97-118.64] | 87.96±14.18a*** [50.45-106.96] | 87.89±15.43a*** [58.75-113.13] | 10.09*** | .27 |
| Child Vocal Affect Recognition | 98.45±11.18 [76.89-113.68] | 89.41±16.33 [52.57-114.09] | 82.82±19.69 [43.09-109.26] | 4.37 | .14 |
***
p≤.001
a
Significantly different from control group based on Bonferroni-corrected thresholds for paired comparisons
Note: ASD groups did not significantly differ from each other on any measures of communication.