Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Sample
| Males (n = 259) |
Females (n = 441) |
Total (N = 700) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (Years) | 30.95 (7.37) | 30.85 (6.84) | 30.89 (7.04) |
| Age of Autism Diagnosis (Years) | 18.76 (12.13) | 20.43 (10.50) | 19.81 (11.15) |
| Gender Identity | |||
| Cisgender | 239 (92.6%) | 380 (86.2%) | 619 (88.4%) |
| Transgender | 2 (0.8%) | 13 (2.9%) | 15 (2.1%) |
| Non-binary | 17 (6.6%) | 48 (10.9%) | 65 (9.3%) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Asian | 11 (4.2%) | 12 (2.7%) | 23 (3.3%) |
| Black/African American | 9 (3.5%) | 18 (4.1%) | 27 (3.9%) |
| Native American/Alaska Native | 7 (2.7%) | 20 (4.5%) | 27 (3.9%) |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 2 (0.8%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.3%) |
| White | 203 (78.4%) | 374 (84.8%) | 577 (82.4%) |
| Other Race | 7 (2.7%) | 16 (3.6%) | 23 (3.3%) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 18 (6.9%) | 36 (8.2%) | 54 (7.7%) |
| Special Education Services for Autism | 108 (41.7%) | 139 (31.5%) | 247 (35.3%) |
| Any Autism-specific Services | 155 (59.8%) | 213 (48.3%) | 368 (52.6%) |
| Current Depressive Disorder | 134 (51.7%) | 279 (63.3%) | 413 (59.0%) |
| Current Anxiety Disorder | 151 (58.3%) | 346 (78.5%) | 497 (71.0%) |
| Clinical Questionnaires | |||
| SRS-2 Total T-score | 69.25 (10.75) | 72.31 (9.91) | 71.18 (10.33) |
| BDI-II Autism-specific T-score | 48.34 (9.08) | 51.73 (9.13) | 50.48 (9.25) |
| GAD-7 Total Score (0–21) | 6.96 (5.71) | 9.19 (5.76) | 8.37 (5.84) |
| TAS-8 T-score | 57.83 (10.52) | 59.69 (11.06) | 59.00 (10.89) |
| IPIP-N10 Total Score (1–5) | 3.43 (0.82) | 3.72 (0.69) | 3.61 (0.75) |
| ASQoL Mean Score (1–5) | 3.37 (0.79) | 3.11 (0.81) | 3.20 (0.81) |
| WHOQOL-4 Mean Score (1–5) | 3.17 (0.91) | 3.13 (0.89) | 3.14 (0.90) |
| Global Quality of Life | |||
| Very Good | 34 (13.1%) | 61 (13.8%) | 95 (13.6%) |
| Good | 118 (45.6%) | 191 (43.3%) | 309 (44.1%) |
| Neither Poor nor Good | 71 (27.4%) | 111 (25.2%) | 182 (26.0%) |
| Poor | 28 (10.8%) | 66 (15.0%) | 94 13.4%) |
| Very Poor | 8 (3.1%) | 12 (2.7%) | 20 (2.9%) |
Note. Continuous variables are presented as M (SD), and categorical variables are presented as n (%). “Males” and “Females” refer to biological sex, as self-reported in the SPARK demographics survey. SRS-2 = Social Responsiveness Scale–Second Edition; BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory–II; GAD-7 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder–7; TAS-8 = eight-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale; IPIP-N10 = ten-item neuroticism questionnaire; ASQoL = Autism Spectrum Quality of Life form; WHOQOL-4 = four-item global quality of life composite.