Table 3.
Between-level correlations of factors in parent- and teacher-report data
| Level | Parent-reports | Teacher-report | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GAF | GAF | |||||||
| 2 | SI | .81 | SI | .81 | |||||
| 2 | COM+RRB | .75 | COM+RRB | .73 | |||||
| 2 | SI | COM+RRB | SI | COM+RRB | |||||
| 3 | SI | .98 | .06 | SI | .98 | .02† | |||
| 3 | COM | .22 | .82 | COM | .23 | .76 | |||
| 3 | RRB | .35 | .69 | RRB | .26 | .73 | |||
| 3 | SI | COM | RRB | SI | COM | RRB | |||
| 4 | SAM | .88 | .17 | .15 | SAM | .83 | .13 | .17 | |
| 4 | COM | .03† | .99 | .15 | COM | .04 | .98 | .15 | |
| 4 | SAWK | .71 | .24 | .44 | SAWK | .73 | .30 | .26 | |
| 4 | RRB | .02† | .21 | .96 | RRB | .00† | .11 | .99 | |
| 4 | SAM | COM | SAWK | RRB | N/A | ||||
| 5 | SAM | .99 | .09 | .24 | .07 | ||||
| 5 | SAWK | .42 | .23 | .92 | .03* | ||||
| 5 | COM | .05 | 1.00 | .12 | .13 | ||||
| 5 | RTC | .11 | .03* | .46 | .49 | ||||
| 5 | PBC | .11 | .25 | .12 | .92 | ||||
Note. All correlations are significant at **p < .01, except
*
(significant at *p < .05) and
†
(nonsignificant).
Between-level factor correlations greater than .40 were bolded. GAF, general autism spectrum disorder factor; SI, social interaction; COM, communication; RRB, restricted repetitive behavior; SAM, social amotivation; SAWK, social awkwardness; RTC, resistance to change; PBC, perseverative behaviors and cognitions.