. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 May;46(5):1623–1635. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2690-4

Table 4.

Impairments in Restricted Interests and Repetitive Behaviors Domain and Items

	ASD (n = 29)		DD (n = 21)		F	Partial η²
	M	SD	M	SD	F	Partial η²

Restricted, Repetitive, and Stereotyped Behaviors Domain	5.55	2.91	2.48	2.73	14.31^**	.23
Circumscribed interests	1.10	0.98	0.38	0.67	8.56^**	.15
Unusual preoccupations	0.21	0.49	0.29	0.64	0.24	.01
Compulsions/rituals	0.86	0.95	0.29	0.64	5.76^*	.11
Hand/finger mannerisms	1.00	0.93	0.48	0.81	4.31^*	.08
Other complex mannerisms	0.93	0.92	0.38	0.74	5.08^*	.10
Repetitive use of objects	1.38	0.82	0.48	0.75	15.86^**	.25
Unusual sensory interests	1.10	0.77	0.24	0.44	21.36^**	.31
Verbal rituals ^a	0.79	0.92	0.29	0.61	3.17^†	.09

^**

p < .01;

p < .05;

^†

p < .10

Verbal communication items are for verbal participants only, ASD n = 19, DD n = 14