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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 Mar;46(3):998–1012. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2645-9

Table 3.

Semantic and temporal gesture–speech synchrony by ASD and TD adolescents in the presence of a visible and non-visible listener

Statistics group Descriptive
Inferential
ASD
TD

Condition Factor Visible M (SD)
Range
Non-visible M
Range
Visible M (SD)
Range
Non-visible M
Range
Diagnosis
p, effect size
Visibility
p, effect size
Dx*Visibility
p, effect size
Semantic
Similar information (relative to speech) 3.06 (3.28)
0–10
1.06 (1.70)
0–6
3.35 (3.83)
0–14
1.78 (2.21)
0–6
F < 1 F(1, 39) = 10.89
p = .002, ηp2=.22
F < 1
Different information (relative to speech) .94 (1.11)
0–4
.39 (.70)
0–2
3.30 (3.64)
0–12
1.18 (2.15)
0–9
F(1, 39) = 6.11
p = .02, ηp2=.14
F(1, 39) = 14.13
p = .001, ηp2=.27
F(1, 39) = 4.86
p = .03, ηp2=.11
Temporal
Positive magnitude (gesture precedes speech) .34 (.33)
0–.95
.18 (.26)
0–.67
.22 (.21)
0–.75
.21 (.24)
0–.8
F < 1 F(1, 39) = 2.41
p > .10, ηp2=.06
F(1, 39) = 1.67
p > .10, ηp2=.04
Negative magnitude (gesture follows speech) .17 (.20)
0–.70
.29 (.44)
0–1.36
.23 (.27)
.23–.27
.21 (.40)
0–1.67
F < 1 F < 1 F < 1
Positive difference count (gesture precedes speech) 6.52 (5.78)
0–19
3.0 (3.84)
0–13
3.39 (3.16)
0–10
1.11 (1.71)
0–6
F(1, 39) = 6.08
p = .02, ηp2=.14
F(1, 39) = 14.34
p = .001, ηp2=.27
F < 1
Negative difference count (gesture follows speech) 5.26 (5.55)
0–21
2.13 (2.70)
0–10
2.61 (3.01)
0–8
.88 (1.45)
0–5
F(1, 39) = 4.33
p = .04, ηp2=.10
F(1, 39) = 13.59
p = .001, ηp2=.26
F(1, 39) = 1.15
p > .10, ηp2=.03

All values represent gesture count