TABLE 3.
Descriptive statistics and correlations between demographic variables, autism traits, self-appraisals, perceived social support, global self-concept and self-esteem for autistic participants.
| Helplessness | Acceptance | Perceived benefits | Perceived social support | Global self-concept | Self-esteem | |
| Descriptive statistics | ||||||
| M (SD) | 13.03 (4.11) | 16.03 (3.40) | 15.94 (4.80) | 23.48 (9.03) | 164.15 (23.81) | 16.61 (7.72) |
| Age | –0.12 | 0.09 | –0.02 | −0.27* | 0.09 | 0.15 |
| Sexa | –0.09 | 0.23 | –0.004 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.23* |
| Education | –0.05 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.11 |
| Employment statusb | –0.17 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.05 |
| RAADS-R | 0.42*** | –0.10 | 0.06 | −0.27* | 0.004 | −0.27* |
| Autism self-appraisals | ||||||
| Helplessness | − | −0.31* | –0.13 | −0.43*** | –0.11 | −0.47*** |
| Acceptance | −0.31* | − | 0.58*** | 0.34** | 0.32** | 0.57*** |
| Perceived Benefits | –0.13 | 0.58*** | − | 0.42*** | 0.56*** | 0.58*** |
| Perceived social support | −0.43*** | 0.34** | 0.42*** | − | 0.33** | 0.54*** |
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001; a1 = female, 2 = male; b0 = not employed/studying, 1 = employed or studying.