Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the final participant samples
| Characteristic | HC participants (N = 24) | ASD participants (N = 15) | df | Analysis by Student’s t test (two-tailed) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | p | ||
| % Male | 100 | 100 | |||||
| Age (years) | 22.1 | 1.88 | 21.79 | 2.60 | 23.20 | −0.39 | .700 |
| IQ (estimated) | 119.1 | 9.35 | 113.53 | 11.61 | 37.00 | −1.66 | .106 |
| TCI-140 | 42.99 | 4.93 | 39.39 | 5.57 | 37.00 | −2.11 | .041 |
| TCI-140 RD | 43.21 | 9.93 | 32.27 | 14.21 | 37.00 | −2.83 | .007 |
HC healthy control, ASD autism spectrum disorder, TCI-140 Temperament and Character Inventory-140, TCI-140 RD Reward Dependence Scale of the TCI-140