Table 3.
ASD (n = 29) | DD (n = 21) | F | Partial η2 | |||
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M | SD | M | SD | |||
Nonverbal Communication Domain | 6.55 | 4.19 | 5.00 | 4.45 | 1.59 | .03 |
Pointing to express interest | 1.41 | 0.78 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 4.61* | .09 |
Conventional gestures | 1.31 | 0.93 | 1.14 | 0.96 | 0.38 | .01 |
Nodding head | 1.10 | 0.98 | 0.43 | 0.81 | 6.68* | .12 |
Head shaking | 1.03 | 0.98 | 0.38 | 0.74 | 6.59* | .12 |
Spontaneous imitation of actions | 0.59 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.91 | 1.14 | .02 |
Imaginative play | 0.69 | 0.93 | 0.62 | 0.80 | 0.08 | .00 |
Imitative social play | 0.41 | 0.73 | 0.67 | 0.91 | 1.18 | .02 |
Verbal Communication Domain a | 11.63 | 5.77 | 8.00 | 5.08 | 3.53† | .10 |
Stereotyped utterances/echolalia | 1.26 | 0.81 | 0.57 | 0.76 | 6.26* | .17 |
Social verbalization/chat | 1.42 | 0.77 | 1.14 | 0.86 | 0.95 | .03 |
Reciprocal conversation | 1.37 | 0.76 | 1.14 | 0.86 | 0.63 | .02 |
Inappropriate questions/statements | 0.95 | 0.78 | 0.64 | 0.84 | 1.15 | .04 |
Pronominal reversal | 1.32 | 0.89 | 1.07 | 0.92 | 0.60 | .02 |
Neologisms/idiosyncratic language | 0.63 | 0.76 | 0.50 | 0.85 | 0.22 | .01 |
p <05;
p < .10
Verbal communication items are for verbal participants only, ASD n = 19, DD n = 14