TABLE 3.
Correlations between clinical variables and ACDAS.
| r correlation coefficient | |
| Anxiety | |
| MASC total (parent-report) | 0.007 |
| PARS total (clinician-report) | –0.012 |
| RCMAS-2 (child-report) | 0.19 |
| Emotional behavioral symptoms | |
| CBCL-internalizing (Parent-report) | 0.071 |
| CBCL-total problems (Parent-report) | 0.061 |
| Sensory sensitivity | |
| SSP-total score (Parent-report) | –0.10 |
| ASD symptoms | |
| ADOS-comparison (Clinician-report) | 0.12 |
| SRS-total score (Parent-report) | 0.004 |
| Interaction terms with anxiety and other factors | |
| RCMAS-2 × SRS-total score | 0.18 |
| RCMAS-2 × SSP-total score | 0.15 |
ACDAS, Abeer Child Dental Anxiety Scale; ADOS, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; ASD, Autism spectrum disorder; CBCL, Child Behavior Checklist; MASC, Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children; PARS, Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale; RCMAS-2, Reynolds Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale; SRS, Social Responsiveness Scale; SSP, Sensory Sensitivity Scale.