Table 3.
Correlations for all ratings
| NT participants, N = 30 | ASD participants, N = 22 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASD I would sit at lunch | ASD gets along with others | ASD I would start conversation | ASD less socially awkward | ASD spends less time alone | NT I would sit at lunch | NT gets along with others | NT I would start conversation | NT less socially awkward | NT spends less time alone | ||
| ASD I would sit at lunch | Pearson Correlation | .527* | .949** | .600** | .612** | .766** | 0.266 | .743** | 0.403 | 0.291 | |
| Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.012 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.231 | 0.000 | 0.063 | 0.189 | ||
| ASD gets along with others | Pearson Correlation | 0.260 | .422* | 0.257 | 0.247 | 0.208 | .764** | 0.099 | 0.145 | −0.107 | |
| Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.166 | .050 | 0.249 | 0.268 | 0.352 | 0.000 | 0.661 | 0.519 | 0.636 | ||
| ASD I would start conversation | Pearson Correlation | .775** | 0.197 | .625** | .652** | .764** | 0.194 | .785** | .487* | 0.324 | |
| Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.000 | 0.297 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.387 | 0.000 | 0.021 | 0.142 | ||
| ASD less socially awkward | Pearson Correlation | .407* | .752** | 0.196 | .918** | .485* | 0.227 | .595** | .844** | .741** | |
| Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.026 | 0.000 | 0.300 | 0.000 | 0.022 | 0.310 | 0.004 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
| ASD spends less time alone | Pearson Correlation | .434* | .728** | 0.242 | .771** | .506* | 0.257 | .602** | .813** | .773** | |
| Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.016 | 0.000 | 0.197 | 0.000 | 0.016 | 0.247 | 0.003 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
| NT I would sit at lunch | Pearson Correlation | .888** | 0.050 | .637** | 0.176 | 0.173 | 0.147 | .926** | .514* | .477* | |
| Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.000 | 0.791 | 0.000 | 0.352 | 0.361 | 0.513 | 0.000 | 0.014 | 0.025 | ||
| NT gets along with others | Pearson Correlation | 0.047 | .892** | 0.015 | .673** | .578** | −0.049 | 0.122 | 0.290 | 0.127 | |
| Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.807 | 0.000 | 0.936 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.798 | 0.587 | 0.190 | 0.572 | ||
| NT I would start conversation | Pearson Correlation | .660** | 0.051 | .826** | 0.061 | −0.033 | .708** | 0.045 | .566** | .586** | |
| Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.000 | 0.790 | 0.000 | 0.748 | 0.862 | 0.000 | 0.815 | 0.006 | 0.004 | ||
| NT less socially awkward | Pearson Correlation | 0.248 | .569** | 0.047 | .747** | .520** | 0.193 | .630** | 0.192 | .815** | |
| Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.186 | 0.001 | 0.807 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.307 | 0.000 | 0.311 | 0.000 | ||
| NT spends less time alone | Pearson Correlation | .373* | .738** | 0.135 | .817** | .893** | 0.233 | .720** | 0.045 | .720** | |
| Sig. (2-tailed) | 0.042 | 0.000 | 0.478 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.216 | 0.000 | 0.811 | 0.000 | ||
ASD: autism spectrum disorder; NT: neurotypical, Bold font = ASD participants, normal font = NT participants
*
significant at the .05 level
**
significant at the .01 level