Table 4.
AQ-short total and subscale scores by group and birth assigned gender (M ± SD) (n = 1312)
| AQ-short subscales | Birth assigned females (n = 520) |
Birth assigned males (n = 792) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trans n = 260 |
Cis n = 260 |
t (df) | Effect size Cohen’s d |
Trans n = 396 |
Cis n = 396 |
t (df) | Effect size Cohen’s d |
|
| Social behaviours | 57.26 ± 11.26 | 52.76 ± 6.33 | 5.809 (259)** | 0.49 | 53.43 ± 10.08 | 54.02 ± 7.54 | − 0.937 (395) | − 0.05 |
| Social skills | 18.76 ± 5.1 | 16.44 ± 2.64 | 6.687 (259)** | 0.57 | 17.08 ± 4.74 | 16.79 ± 2.85 | 1.063 (395) | 0.07 |
| Routine | 11.19 ± 2.76 | 8.87 ± 1.98 | 10.994 (259)** | 0.97 | 10.5 ± 2.64 | 9.29 ± 1.99 | 7.488 (395)** | 0.52 |
| Attention switching | 10.53 ± 2.62 | 9.17 ± 2.19 | 6.359 (259)** | 0.56 | 9.8 ± 2.45 | 9.03 ± 2.42 | 4.368 (395)** | − 0.31 |
| Imagination | 16.78 ± 4.48 | 18.27 ± 2.91 | − 4.529 (259)** | − 0.39 | 16.05 ± 4.03 | 18.9 ± 3.23 | − 10.741 (395)** | − 0.78 |
| Numbers and patterns | 10.78 ± 3.51 | 13.23 ± 3.65 | − 7.804 (259)** | − 0.66 | 10.84 ± 3.33 | 13.44 ± 3.44 | − 10.838 (395)** | − 0.77 |
| Total AQ-short | 68.05 ± 12.53 | 65.99 ± 7.84 | 2.305 (259)* | 0.2 | 64.27 ± 11.08 | 67.46 ± 8.84 | − 4.478 (395)** | − 0.32 |
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.001