Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and gender differences on psychological tests administered.
| Total Sample (n = 725) |
Males (n = 293) |
Females (n = 432) |
Student Test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | p | |
| AQ | 17.45 | 5.159 | 17.99 | 5.346 | 17.09 | 5.001 | 0.021 |
| AdAS-Spectrum | |||||||
| Childhood/adolescence | 6.82 | 3.375 | 7.17 | 3.642 | 6.58 | 3.164 | 0.022 |
| Verbal communication | 6.17 | 2.853 | 5.98 | 3.007 | 6.29 | 2.740 | 0.150 |
| Non verbal communication | 10.37 | 4.295 | 10.56 | 4.547 | 10.24 | 4.116 | 0.315 |
| Empathy | 3.41 | 2.372 | 3.67 | 2.554 | 3.24 | 2.226 | 0.015 |
| Inflexibility | 16.61 | 6.500 | 16.40 | 7.178 | 16.75 | 6.001 | 0.466 |
| Restricted intresting and rumination | 9.38 | 4.165 | 9.22 | 4.462 | 9.50 | 3.953 | 0.376 |
| Reactivity to stimuli | 5.46 | 3.320 | 5.56 | 3.532 | 5.40 | 3.170 | 0.515 |
| Total score | 75.59 | 23.856 | 76.33 | 25.922 | 75.08 | 22.369 | 0.490 |
| RAADS14 | |||||||
| Mentalizing deficit | 5.75 | 4.421 | 5.89 | 4.861 | 5.65 | 4.099 | 0.469 |
| Social anxiety | 2.51 | 2.731 | 2.65 | 2.795 | 2.41 | 2.686 | 0.242 |
| Sensory reactivity | 3.40 | 2.558 | 2.98 | 2.430 | 3.68 | 2.605 | <0.0001 |
| Total score | 11.62 | 7.758 | 11.51 | 8.504 | 11.69 | 7.218 | 0.768 |
| H SCALE | |||||||
| I score | 10.54 | 2.892 | 10.16 | 2.917 | 10.80 | 2.850 | 0.004 |
| R score | 3.33 | 1.924 | 3.18 | 2.044 | 3.42 | 1.834 | 0.104 |
| Extreme | 3.93 | 3.851 | 3.69 | 4.071 | 4.09 | 3.691 | 0.168 |
| Total score | 37.63 | 9.448 | 36.61 | 10.432 | 38.33 | 8.661 | 0.016 |