Table 2.
Differences between children with ASD, ADHD, and TD on ToM tasks and ToMI Inventory (ANOVAs).
| TD (n = 39) | ASD (n = 52) | ADHD (n = 35) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | F(2, 123) | η2P | Group differences | |
| AR | 28.36 | 2.69 | 23.75 | 4.09 | 24.11 | 4.38 | 18.57* | 0.23 | ASD, ADHD < TD |
| ToM V | 17.35 | 2.07 | 14.01 | 3.63 | 15.22 | 2.79 | 13.91* | 0.18 | ASD, ADHD < TD |
| ToM C | 4.89 | 0.96 | 3.95 | 1.57 | 4.34 | 1.18 | 5.84* | 0.08 | ASD < TD |
| ToM Tot | 22.25 | 2.42 | 17.96 | 4.15 | 19.57 | 3.27 | 17.28* | 0.22 | ASD, ADHD < TD |
| ToMI E | 18.87 | 1.22 | 14.52 | 3.38 | 17.22 | 1.83 | 35.65* | 0.36 | ASD < ADHD < TD |
| ToMI B | 18.87 | 1.30 | 12.92 | 3.34 | 16.68 | 2.14 | 64.25* | 0.51 | ASD < ADHD < TD |
| ToMI A | 17.00 | 2.51 | 8.02 | 3.01 | 14.13 | 3.05 | 116.04* | 0.65 | ASD < ADHD < TD |
| ToMI Tot | 18.20 | 1.58 | 11.50 | 2.88 | 15.87 | 2.13 | 96.42* | 0.61 | ASD < ADHD < TD |
AR, Affect recognition; ToM V, Theory of mind-Verbal; ToM C, Theory of mind- Contextual; ToM Tot, Theory of mind- Total; ToMI E, ToMI-Early; ToMI B, ToMI Basic; ToMI A, ToMI Advanced.
*
p < 0.006 (Bonferroni correction).