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. 2017 Jun 23;8:1035. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01035

Table 3.

Pearson correlation coefficients between executive functions and social cognition measures in ASD and ADHD groups.

AR ToMV ToMC ToMTot ToMIE ToMIB ToMIA ToMITot
ASD Inhibit 0.04 0.17 −0.01 0.20 0.04 0.08 −0.01 −0.04
Shift 0.10 0.18 0.15 0.20 0.11 0.15 0.06 0.13
Emotional control 0.05 0.24 −0.01 0.26 0.14 0.16 0.17 0.19
BRI 0.08 0.23 0.05 0.26 0.11 0.14 0.08 0.13
Initiate −0.10 −0.36** −0.01 −0.32* −0.15 −0.30* −0.28* −0.29*
Working memory −0.15 0.04 −0.14 0.03 −0.14 −0.15 −0.16 −0.16
Plan −0.09 0.07 0.01 0.06 −0.25 −0.18 −0.26 −0.24
O. Materials −0.13 −0.05 −0.11 −0.06 −0.26 −0.30* −0.30* −0.33*
Monitor 0.05 −0.02 −0.02 0.01 −0.19 0.18 −0.17 −0.21
MI −0.10 −0.05 −0.07 −0.04 −0.26 −0.26 −0.28* −0.31*
ADHD Inhibit −0.57** 0.07 −0.05 0.03 −0.36* −0.51** −0.17 −0.37*
Shift −0.47** 0.08 0.11 0.15 −0.27 −0.16 −0.07 −0.13
Emotional control −0.42* −0.07 −0.03 −0.08 −0.34* −0.29 −0.18 −0.27
BRI −0.61** 0.03 0.01 0.03 −0.41* −0.42* −0.18 −0.34*
Initiate −0.06 0.02 0.08 0.15 −0.33 −0.08 −0.19 −0.17
Working memory −0.04 −0.03 −0.16 0.01 −0.06 −0.02 −0.03 −0.06
Plan 0.10 0.25 0.11 0.32 −0.11 0.07 0.11 0.06
O. Materials −0.25 0.11 0.01 0.15 −0.38* −0.42* −0.10 −0.34*
Monitor −0.40* 0.03 0.12 0.08 −0.40* −0.41* −0.26 −0.39*
MI −0.15 0.09 0.02 0.17 −0.30 −0.21 −0.09 −0.21

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; O. Materials, Organization of Materials; BRI, Behavioral Regulation Index; MI, Metacognition Index.

*

p < 0.05;

**

p < 0.01.