Table 1.
Mean demographic and baseline variables.
| TG | (n = 19) | CG | (n = 18) | T | df. | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean, n | SD, % | Mean, n | SD, % | |||||
| Age | 23.3 | 3.7 | 23.5 | 4.1 | 0.18 | 35 | 0.855 | |
| Intelligence | FSIQ (Standardized score) | 100.0 | 14.6 | 99.1 | 16.2 | −0.19 | 35 | 0.853 |
| VCI (Standardized score) | 109.5 | 15 | 105.9 | 17 | −0.62 | 30 | 0.542 | |
| Education (Fisher's Exact Test) |
Middle school | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | – | – | 0.490 |
| High school | 17 | 89.5 | 14 | 77.8 | ||||
| College | 2 | 10.5 | 3 | 16.7 | ||||
| Medication (Fisher's Exact Test) |
12 | 63.2 | 5 | 27.8 | – | – | 0.080 | |
| ADOS 2 (module 4) |
Communication | 3.6 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.87 | 35 | 0.392 |
| Social interaction | 8.5 | 2 | 9.3 | 2.1 | 1.13 | 35 | 0.265 | |
| Stereotyped behaviors and restricted interests | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.46 | 17 | 0.163 | |
| Imagination | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | −1.06 | 24 | 0.299 | |
| ADOS 2 (calibrated severity scores) |
Social affect | 11.8 | 2.7 | 13.6 | 3.1 | 1.78 | 35 | 0.083 |
| RRB | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | −0.84 | 33 | 0.409 | |
| Total | 14.3 | 3.5 | 15.5 | 3.6 | 1.06 | 35 | 0.295 | |
| Comparison Score | 7.6 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 1.4 | 1.16 | 35 | 0.253 | |
| Social skills measures | TYASSK | 16.6 | 3.2 | 17.5 | 3.4 | 0.84 | 35 | 0.404 |
| SCQ, lifetime | 21.2 | 7.5 | 16.8 | 8.9 | −1.60 | 33 | 0.119 | |
| SSRS by young adults | 112.4 | 25.2 | 105.6 | 22.2 | −0.88 | 35 | 0.386 | |
| SRS-2 by young adults | 144.4 | 18.5 | 159.7 | 21.6 | 2.32 | 35 | 0.026* | |
| SSRS by parents | 86.9 | 24.8 | 90.5 | 0.670 | 0.43 | 34 | 0.670 | |
| SRS-2 by parents | 150.4 | 21.2 | 155.9 | 26.8 | 0.70 | 35 | 0.491 | |
| QSQ by young adults (Fisher's Exact Test) |
Hosted get together (≠0) | 11 | 57.9 | 9 | 50.0 | 0.746 | ||
| Hosted date (≠0) | 3 | 15.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.230 | |||
| Invited get together (≠0) | 7 | 36.8 | 6 | 33.3 | 1.000 | |||
| Invited date (≠0) | 3 | 15.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.230 | |||
| QSQ by parents (Fisher's Exact Test) |
Hosted get together (≠0) | 12 | 63.2 | 10 | 55.6 | 0.743 | ||
| Hosted date (≠0) | 5 | 26.3 | 1 | 5.6 | 0.180 | |||
| Invited get together (≠0) | 7 | 36.8 | 6 | 33.3 | 1.000 | |||
| Invited date (≠0) | 2 | 10.5 | 1 | 5.6 | 1.000 | |||
| K-VABS | Communication | 70.3 | 13.7 | 68.5 | 17.5 | −0.34 | 33 | 0.735 |
| Daily living skills | 70.9 | 19.1 | 82.5 | 17.9 | 1.85 | 33 | 0.073 | |
| Socialization | 62.6 | 12.3 | 70.2 | 15.1 | 1.64 | 33 | 0.111 | |
| Depressive and anxiety measures | STAI-S | 54.8 | 10.7 | 54.2 | 8.5 | −0.19 | 34 | 0.852 |
| STAI-T | 57.7 | 9.9 | 54.2 | 9.0 | −1.13 | 34 | 0.267 | |
| BAI | 32.4 | 12.4 | 30.2 | 11.4 | −0.11 | 34 | 0.917 | |
| BDI | 15.9 | 10.6 | 14.3 | 12.9 | −0.40 | 33 | 0.692 |
*
p <0.05.
ADOS, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; FSIQ, Full Scale Intelligence Quotient; K-VABS, Korean version of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale; RRB, Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors; SCQ, Social Communication Questionnaire; SRS-2, Social Responsiveness Scale-2; SSRS, Social Skills Rating System; STAI-S and STAI-T, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory; TYASSK, Test of Young Adult Social Skills Knowledge; QSQ, Quality of Socialization Questionnaire; VCI, Verbal Comprehension Index.