Table 2.

Group differences in individual and family factors by disruption category

	“Disruption” Group (n=16)		“No Disruption” Group (n=18)		t-value	Cohen’s d
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Individual Factors
IQ score	88.50	23.19	82.06	28.57	−0.71	0.25
Adaptive behavior	63.44	16.08	65.17	14.30	0.33	0.11
Autism severity	78.25	11.21	76.83	14.27	−0.32	0.11
Behavior problems	59.00	8.21	58.28	7.14	−0.28	0.09
Stress reactivity	2.21	0.66	1.88	0.50	−1.65	0.56
Family Factors
Parental depressive symptoms	15.31	12.46	6.39	6.72	−2.55*	0.89
Parental anxiety symptoms	11.00	8.82	5.50	4.44	−2.25*	0.79
Parental quality of life	15.30	1.81	17.09	2.29	2.50*	0.87
Family income	8.13	4.29	8.89	3.31	0.59	0.20
Expressed Emotion	0.50	0.52	0.19	0.40	−1.91†	0.67

^†p < .10

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

Note. SD=standard deviation. We present results from Expressed Emotion as a t-test for ease of presentation; chi-square yields identical results.