Table 2.
Means and standard deviations for experimental and waitlist control groups at pre-test
| Group
(N= 47) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Experimental (n =
24) M(SD) |
Waitlist control (n =
23) M(SD) |
p | |
| Age (years) | 20.92 (3.31) | 19.52 (1.70) | ns |
| Sex (% female) | 25.0 | 13.0 | ns |
| Race (% Caucasian) | 83.3 | 90.9 | ns |
| Ethnicity (% Non-Hispanic) | 100 | 91.3 | ns |
| Household Income (%) | ns | ||
| Under 25K | 4.2 | 8.7 | |
| 25–50K | 4.2 | 26.1 | |
| 50–75K | 29.2 | 4.3 | |
| 75–100K | 16.7 | 26.1 | |
| Over 100K | 45.8 | 34.8 | |
| Primary Parent Education (%) | ns | ||
| High school completion | 0.0 | 21.7 | |
| Vocational/technical training | 12.5 | 4.3 | |
| Some college | 12.5 | 21.7 | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 54.2 | 39.1 | |
| Master’s degree | 16.7 | 4.3 | |
| Doctoral degree | 4.2 | 8.7 | |
| KBIT-2 Verbal IQ | 93.38 (22.95) | 90.61 (23.10) | ns |
| ADOS-G Total Score | 11.88 (2.83) | 11.41 (3.65) | ns |
The following variables had different n-values: Waitlist race (n = 22), Waitlist ADOS-G Total Score (n = 22), Experimental ethnicity (n = 22), and Experimental household income (n = 23). KBIT-2 = Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test – Second Edition, ADOS-G= Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule - Generic, p = probability, ns= not significant.