Table 3.

Short Sensory Profile scores and Sensory Behavior Questionnaire scores as predictors of autistic children’s autistic symptomatology, as measured by the Social Communication Questionnaire

	R2	∆ R2	∆F	B	Std. error	β
Model 1	0.08	0.08	5.12
Constant				34.94	4.89
SSPa				−0.09	0.04	−0.29*
Model 2	0.15	0.07	4.53
Constant				39.12	5.13
SSPa				0.01	0.06	0.05
SBQb				−0.08	0.04	−0.43*

^aSSP = Short Sensory Profile Scores (lower scores reflect greater levels of sensory behaviors)

^bSBQ = Sensory Behavior Questionnaire (lower scores reflect greater levels of sensory behaviors)

*p < .05