Table 2.
Correlation between imitation ability and core autism symptoms, denoted as r(N), where N is the sample size, r = 1 indicates perfect positive association, r = 0 indicates no association, and r = −1 indicates perfect negative association. SCI: Social Communication and Interaction, RRB: Restricted Interests and Repetitive Behaviour, SA: Social Affect. Higher scores in SRS-2 and ADOS-2 indicate greater autism severity.
| Social Responsiveness Scale - 2 (parent report) |
Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale - 2 (in the ASC group only) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imitation ability |
SCI sub-scale |
RRB sub-scale |
Total Score | SA sub-scale |
RRB sub-scale |
Total Score |
|
CAMI method |
r(40) = .−48* | r(40) = .−52** | r(40) = .−50* | r(24) = .−17 | r(24) = .−23* | r(24) = .−34† |
|
HOC method |
r(40) = .−42* | r(40) = .−45* | r(40) = .−43* | r(24) = .−39† | r(24) = .−21 | r(24) = .−42* |
†
p < .10
*
p < .05
**
p < 001