Table 2.
Descriptive statistics and correlations between outcome measures and metrics from the matching task and Personal Distance Scale
| Metrics from the matching task | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-Match accuracy | Self-Match RT | Self-bias acc | Self-bias RT | Friend-bias acc | Friend-bias RT | |
| All participants pooled | ||||||
| AQ (n = 158) | r = .10, p = .200 | r = .12, p = .135 | r = −.02, p = .790 | r = .18, p = .028 | r = −.17, p = .038 | r = .13, p = .098 |
| Control participants | ||||||
| AQ (n = 38) | r = −.16, p = .336 | r = .07, p = .690 | r = −.05, p = .790 | r = −.15, p = .359 | r = .05, p = .767 | r = .07, p = .681 |
| Loneliness (n = 34) | r = .08, p = .640 | r = −.09, p = .610 | r = −.01, p = .975 | r = .04, p = .815 | r = .21, p = .235 | r = .28, p = .106 |
| Autistic participants | ||||||
| AQ (n = 120) | r = .14, p = .142 | r = −.09, p = .353 | r = .03, p = .723 | r = .14,p = .126 | r = −.07, p = .475 | r = .10, p = .302 |
| Loneliness (n = 119) | r = −.09, p = .323 | r = .24, p = .008 | r = .09, p = .324 | r = .06, p = .527 | r = −.04, p = .658 | r = .09, p = .348 |
| RMET (n = 78) | r = .16, p = .160 | r = −.03, p = .778 | r = .01, p = .987 | r = .13, p = .260 | r = −.13, p = .268 | r = −.11, p = .340 |
| Metrics from Personal Distance Scale | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-Friend distance | Self-Stranger distance | Friend-Stranger distance | |
|
All participants pooled AQ (n = 158) |
r = .10, p = .206 | r = −.06, p = .495 | r = −.16, p = .042 |
| Loneliness (n = 153) | r = .22, p = .007 | r = −.11, p = .179 | r = −.21, p = .01 |
|
Control participants AQ (n = 38) |
r = .91, p = .587 | r = −.08, p = .620 | r = −.12, p = .459 |
| Loneliness (n = 34) | r = −.03, p = .881 | r = .05, p = .780 | r = −.16, p = .352 |
| Autistic participants | |||
| AQ (n = 120) | r = .04, p = .706 | r = −.08, p = .378 | r = −.02, p = .808 |
| Loneliness (n = 119) | r = .32, p < .001 | r = −.20, p = .034 | r = −.14, p = .122 |
| RMET (n = 78) | r = −.09, p = .424 | r = .11, p = .339 | r = .00, p = .988 |
Significant relationships are highlighted in bold font. Labels for metrics from the matching task and Personal Distance Scale reflect: Self-Match accuracy (average accuracy in Self-Matching trials); Self-Match RT (average RT in Self-Matching trials); Self-bias acc. (the extent of the self-bias calculated from accuracy scores); Self-bias RT (the extent of the self-bias calculated from RT data); Friend-bias acc. (the extent of the friend-bias calculated from accuracy scores); Friend-bias RT (the extent of the friend-bias calculated from RT data). Acronyms for outcome measures include AQ (scores on the Autism-Spectrum Quotient); RMET (scores on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test); Loneliness (scores on the UCLA Loneliness Scale)