Table 4.
Descriptive statistics for participants formally diagnosed with autism (n = 105), those who self-identified autism (n = 35), and for the total sample (N = 140), Cronbach’s alpha, and partial correlations for all participants controlling for gender and age
| Measure | Autism diagnosed | Autism self-identified | Total sample | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1. Autism social identity | 4.26 | 1.12 | 4.48 | 0.97 | 4.32 | 1.08 | (0.91) | .52** | .41** |
| 2. Collective self-esteem | 15.14 | 3.70 | 15.82 | 2.96 | 15.31 | 3.53 | (0.67) | .24* | |
| 3. Valence of autism attributes | − 1.18 | 1.60 | − 1.24 | 1.70 | − 1.19 | 1.60 | - | ||
**p < .001, *p < .01