Table 2.
Participant demographic and diagnostic data (n = 28)
| Participant Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 24 | 85.7 | ||
| Female | 4 | 14.3 | ||
| Race | ||||
| White | 22 | 78.6 | ||
| African-American | 3 | 10.7 | ||
| Asian-American | 3 | 10.7 | ||
| Neuropsychiatric Medication Usage | 25 | 89 | ||
| Frequency of Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders | ||||
| Depression | 4 | 14.3 | ||
| Anxiety Disorder | 9 | 32.1 | ||
| Bipolar Disorder | 2 | 7.1 | ||
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | 14 | 50 | ||
| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | 7 | 25 | ||
| Employment Status | ||||
| Full Time | 5 | 17.6 | ||
| Part Time, Paid (Part-Time, Unpaid) | 6 (2) | 21.4 (7.1) | ||
| Unemployed | 15 | 53.6 | ||
| Current Living Situation | ||||
| Living Independently | 3 | 10.7 | ||
| Living with Family/Guardian | 25 | 89.3 | ||
| Mean | SD | Min | Max | |
| Age (in years) | 26 | 7.3 | 20 | 48 |
| ASD Phenotype | ||||
| Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Overall Calibrated Severity Score (CSS) | 7.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ; N=26) | 16.4 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 28.0 |
| Social Responsiveness Scale-2 Raw/T-Score (SRS-II; N=24) | 86.5/66.2 | 28.2/9.9 | 42/51 | 149/88 |
| Social Responsiveness Scale-2 Self-Report Raw/T-Score (SRS-SR) | 79.8/63.9 | 24.5/8.7 | 33/47 | 126/80 |
| Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire (BAPQ) | 3.7 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 5.0 |
| Intellectual Functioning | ||||
| Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence | ||||
| VCI | 107.7 | 21.0 | 71.0 | 160.0 |
| PRI | 100.8 | 22.8 | 65.0 | 160.0 |
| FSIQ-4 | 104.6 | 19.7 | 72.0 | 140.0 |
| Social Motivation | ||||
| BAPQ - Aloof Subscale (BAPQ-Aloof) | 3.7 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 5.3 |
| Motivation and Pleasure Self Report (MAP-SR) | 28.8 | 8.3 | 11.0 | 45.0 |
| Conte Social Interest Questionnaire (CSIQ) | 24.2 | 5.5 | 13.0 | 35.0 |
| Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire - No Close Friends Subscale (SPQ-NCF) | 5.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 9.0 |
| Social Anxiety | ||||
| Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) | 45.0 | 26.8 | 7.0 | 113.0 |
| SPQ – Social Anxiety Subscale (SPQ-SA) | 5.4 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 8.0 |
| Social Cognition | ||||
| Penn Emotion Recognition Task (ER-40) | 77.9 | 9.2 | 57.5 | 95.0 |
| The Hinting Task | 14.3 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 19.0 |
| Social Skills | ||||
| Contextual Assessment of Social Skills | ||||
| Interested Condition Score (CASS-INT) | 15.9 | 4.5 | 8.0 | 24.0 |
| Bored Condition Score (CASS-BORED) | 19.8 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 31.5 |
| Community Social Functioning | ||||
| Social Network Index – People in Social Network Subscale (SNI) | 11.4 | 7.4 | 1.0 | 33.0 |
| Scales of Psychological Wellbeing (SPWB) | 162.3 | 15.9 | 132.0 | 201.0 |