Table 1.
Participants’ Demographic Characteristics and Descriptive data for the group comparisons.
| Comparison Criteria | Target Group (n = 119) | Control Group (n = 30) | Significance Tests | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children with ASD | TD Children | |||||||
| Continuous Data | M | SD | M | SD or % | t | p | d | Adequacy |
| Age | 8.72 | 1.96 | 9.06 | 1.42 | 1.05 | 0.71 | 0.21 | Matched |
| Non-verbal IQ * | 29.76 | 1.92 | 29.80 | 2.64 | 0.69 | 0.060 | 0.17 | Matched |
| The categorical variables | N | % | N | % | χ2 | p | d | Adequacy |
| Gender | M = 95 | 79.8 | M = 24 | 80.0/20.0 | 0.00 | 0.98 | - | Matched |
| F = 24 | 20.2 | F = 6 | ||||||
| Handedness | R = 104 | 87.4 | R = 23 | 76.7/23.3 | 2.191 | 0.14 | - | Matched |
| L = 15 | 12.6 | L = 7 | ||||||
| Father’s Education Level (% Secondary/College degree) | 67/52 | 56.3/43.7 | 16/14 | 53.3/46.7 | 0.09 | 0.77 | - | Matched |
| Mother’s Education Level | 78/41 | 65.5/34.5 | 20/10 | 66.7/33.3 | 0.01 | 0.91 | - | Matched |
Key: M = Mean; SD = Standard Deviation; n = % of total. * Continuous data were analyzed using the t-test, while the categorical variables were analyzed using the χ2 test. d values are ESs of ASD versus typically developing children (TDC). The possible raw scores for the test ranged from 0 to 36.