Table 3.
Group means (and SDs) of total counts for macrostructural measures.
| Macrostructural measure | ENNI (A3) story | ASD-HL (N = 16) | ASD-LL (N = 14) | TD (N = 15) | Chi-square (χ2)-value | Bayesian statistics (BF) |
Interpretation *p < 0.05, **p < 0.005, ***p < 0.001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +ToM-related ISTs | 16 (36.4%) |
4.3 (1.7) |
3.4 (4.4) |
4.3 (1.6) |
8.87 | 5.186 | ASD-LL < ASD-HL, TD* |
| –ToM-related ISTs | 13 (29.5%) |
2.9 (1.6) |
1.4 (1.5) |
5.5 (1.5) |
10.22 | 8.896 | ASD-LL < ASD-HL* ASD-LL < TD** ASD-HL < TD** |
| Story Structure Complexity (max. score: 15) | 15 (34.1%) |
4.8 (2.5) |
4.8 (2.4) |
8.4 (0.7) |
18.79 | 7.047 | ASD-HL, ASD-LL < TD** |
ASD-HL, high-language children with Autism Spectrum Disorder; ASD-LL, low-language children with Autism Spectrum Disorder; TD, typically-developing children; ENNI, Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument (Schneider et al., 2005).