Table 1. Group means for measures of age, SES (mother's and father's years of education), non-verbal intelligence (TONI-4), autism symptoms (CARS-2), risk of developing ADHD (ADHD Index from Conner's Scale), and language skills (CELF-4).
Group | Age (years, months) | Mother's Education (years) | Father's Education (years) | TONI-4 | CARS-2 | ADHD Index | CELF-4 | |||
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CFD | FS | RS | CLS | |||||||
7-8 year olds | 8;2 | 17.6 (0.8) | 17.5 (0.9) | 110.3 (1.7) | 15.4 (0.2) | 47.7 | 12.8 (0.4) | 13 (0.4) | 12.2 (0.6) | 114.1 (1.4) |
10-11 year olds | 11;2 | 15.5 (0.6) | 15.3 (0.7) | 105.5 (2.7) | 15 (0) | 46.1 | 10.7 (0.6) | 12.6 (0.4) | 11.2 (0.6) | 110.1 (2) |
p | 0.048 | 0.069 | 0.15 | 0.082 | 0.417 | 0.001 | 0.439 | 0.247 | 0.124 |
Note. Numbers for TONI-4, CARS-2, the ADHD Index, and CELF-4 represent standardized scores. Numbers in parentheses are standard errors of the mean. P-values reflect a group comparison based on a one-way ANOVA.TONI = Test of Non-Verbal Intelligence; CARS = Childhood Autism Rating Scale; CFD = Concepts and Following Directions; FS = Formulated Sentences; RS = Recalling Sentences; CLS = Core Language Score