Table 4. Prediction of Empathy by ASD Risk Status, Genotype, and Parent-Child Interaction variables.
| Covariate | Main Effects | Interaction Effects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis 1 (n = 78) | β | p | β | p | β | p |
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| Empathy | ||||||
| Gender | -.22 | .05 | -.20 | .07 | -.22 | .05 |
| ASD Risk Status | -.20 | .08 | -.23 | .14 | ||
| Affective Mutuality (AM) | .16 | .15 | .20 | .40 | ||
| rs53576 | .20 | .07 | .25 | .17 | ||
| Status × AM | .27 | .20 | ||||
| Status × rs53576 | -.02 | .94 | ||||
| AM × rs53576 | -.37 | .02 | ||||
| R2 | .05 | .14 | .22 | |||
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| Analysis 2 (n = 82) | β | p | β | p | β | p |
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| Empathy | ||||||
| Gender | -.21 | .07 | -.17 | .13 | -.22 | .05 |
| ASD Risk Status | -.16 | .16 | -.03 | .83 | ||
| Affective Mutuality (AM) | .17 | .12 | .20 | .43 | ||
| rs2254298 | -.11 | .32 | -.04 | .84 | ||
| Status × AM | .10 | .68 | ||||
| Status × rs2254298 | -.17 | .33 | ||||
| AM × rs2254298 | -.23 | .08 | ||||
| R2 | .04 | .11 | .18 | |||
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| Analysis 3 (n = 78) | β | p | β | p | β | p |
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| Empathy | ||||||
| Gender | -.22 | .05 | -.21 | .06 | -.22 | .06 |
| ASD Risk Status | -.20 | .09 | -.20 | .22 | ||
| Parent Supportiveness (PS) | .02 | .85 | .03 | .90 | ||
| rs53576 | .21 | .07 | .26 | .15 | ||
| Status × PS | .27 | .29 | ||||
| Status × rs53576 | -.05 | .82 | ||||
| PS × rs53576 | -.26 | .14 | ||||
| R2 | .05 | .12 | .15 | |||
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| Analysis 4 (n = 82) | β | p | β | p | β | p |
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| Empathy | ||||||
| Gender | -.21 | .07 | -.17 | .13 | -.22 | .06 |
| ASD Risk Status | -.17 | .16 | -.06 | .67 | ||
| Parent Supportiveness (PS) | .02 | .83 | -.02 | .94 | ||
| rs2254298 | -.13 | .25 | -.09 | .64 | ||
| Status × PS | .18 | .45 | ||||
| Status × rs2254298 | -.14 | .46 | ||||
| PS × rs2254298 | -.18 | .19 | ||||
| R2 | .04 | .08 | .13 | |||