Table 3.

Comparisons of adolescents’ and parents’ ratings by sex; the results of the Student’s t-test for dependent samples^a with Cohen d as a measure of effect size.

Scale	Girls with ASD vs girls control		Boys with ASD vs boys control		Parents of girls with ASD vs parents of girls control		Parents of boys with ASD vs parents of boys control
	t	d	t	D	t	d	t	d
Withdrawn	4.05**	0.47	2.87	–	8.87**	0.76	8.31**	0.74
Somatic Complaints	1.55	–	0.72	–	2.99	–	3.81**	0.45
Anxious/Depressed	4.39**	0.50	2.18	–	6.52**	0.65	6.67**	0.66
Thought Problems	2.55	–	1.51	–	5.49**	0.59	6.59**	0.66
Social Problems	6.08**	0.63	3.74**	0.44	11.89**	0.84	10.39**	0.81
Attention Problems	2.88	–	1.6	–	9.88**	0.79	7.69**	0.71
Delinquent Problems	1.03	–	−0.69	–	4.92**	0.55	3.18	–
Aggressive Behavior	1.88	–	1.0	–	3.71**	0.44	4.67**	0.53
Internalizing	4.2	–	2.55		7.35**	0.70	7.56**	0.71
Externalizing	1.76	–	0.51	–	4.28**	0.49	4.59**	0.52
Behavioral Problems—Total	3.49	–	1.71	–	7.98**	0.73	8.17**	0.73

ASD: autism spectrum disorder.

^aDue to multiple comparisons, the p level has been lowered (Sidak/Bonferroni correction) to 0.0064.

^**p < 0.001.