Table 3 Response frequencies for questions 2–19 of the interests questionnaire, as a function of response code and participant group, with χ2 statistical values for the assessment of group effects
From: Typical versus delayed speech onset influences verbal reporting of autistic interests
|  | AS-NoSOD | AS-SOD | Controls | χ2 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2. From a historical perspective, what led you to get interested in your interests? | |||||
 Specific trigger | 10 | 11 | 12 | 0.40 | 0.82 |
 Global interest | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.57 | 0.01* |
 Social context | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2.93 | 0.23 |
 Do not know | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.78 | 0.68 |
3. Do you use your interests in everyday life? | Â | ||||
 Yes | 14 | 10 | 12 | 1.67 | 0.43 |
 No | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3.33 | 0.19 |
 Do not know | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3.33 | 0.19 |
4. Do your interests help you to have new ideas? | |||||
 Yes | 14 | 10 | 14 | 2.30 | 0.32 |
 No | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.44 | 0.80 |
 Do not know | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4.10 | 0.13 |
5. Do your interests help you to understand the things that surround you? | |||||
 Yes | 10 | 9 | 15 | 4.21 | 0.12 |
 No | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.33 | 0.19 |
 Do not know | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2.85 | 0.24 |
6. How much time do you spend on your interests? | Â | Â | |||
 <25% | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14.92 | 0.001* |
 25–75% | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.75 | 0.42 |
 >75% | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6.31 | 0.04* |
Do not know | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3.75 | 0.15 |
7. Do you talk about your interests with your family? | |||||
 Yes | 14 | 8 | 13 | 4.25 | 0.12 |
 No | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1.37 | 0.50 |
 Do not know | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1.88 | 0.39 |
8. How do you feel about your interests? | |||||
 Positive emotion | 7 | 8 | 11 | 1.76 | 0.41 |
 Negative emotion | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.03 | 0.60 |
 Impression of control | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.03 | 0.36 |
 Impression of no control | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.75 | 0.15 |
 Do not know | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2.58 | 0.28 |
9. What are the positive aspects? ° | |||||
 Yes | 13 | 9 | 16 | 5.31 | 0.07 |
 No | 0 | 0 | 0 | / | / |
 Do not know | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5.31 | 0.07 |
10. What are the negative aspects? | |||||
 Yes | 11 | 5 | 10 | 4.21 | 0.12 |
 No | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1.37 | 0.50 |
 Do not know | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5.71 | 0.06 |
11. Do you see a connection between these different interests? | |||||
 Yes | 8 | 5 | 11 | 3.75 | 0.15 |
 No | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.75 | 0.42 |
 Do not know | 9 | 14 | 8 | 4.14 | 0.13 |
12. By what means do you learn new elements related to your specific interests? | |||||
 Self-taught | 10 | 8 | 12 | 1.6 | 0.45 |
 Social context | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3.05 | 0.22 |
 Do not know | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5.07 | 0.08 |
13. Are you interested in images or texts? | |||||
 Images | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13.13 | 0.001* |
 Text | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.11 | 0.35 |
 Images/text | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2.46 | 0.29 |
 Do not know | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2.58 | 0.28 |
14. Do you classify information related to your interest, if so, how do you classify? | |||||
 Yes | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2.63 | 0.27 |
 No | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4.66 | 0.10 |
 Do not know | 10 | 14 | 5 | 8.14 | 0.02* |
15. Are you interested in some specific details or in all aspects of a piece of information? | |||||
 Detail | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1.60 | 0.45 |
 Global | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2.02 | 0.36 |
 Detail/global | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.29 | 0.87 |
 Do not know | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3.74 | 0.15 |
16. Do you think that this has an effect on your memory? | |||||
 Yes | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0.42 | 0.81 |
 No | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.26 | 0.32 |
 Do not know | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0.93 | 0.63 |
17. Can you explain what you have memorized to other people? | |||||
 Yes | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1.87 | 0.39 |
 No | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4.20 | 0.12 |
 Do not know | 8 | 15 | 8 | 6.54 | 0.04* |
18. Do you think that some knowledge is difficult to understand or to acquire? | |||||
 Yes | 11 | 9 | 11 | 0.53 | 0.77 |
 No | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0.89 | 0.64 |
 Do not know | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1.90 | 0.39 |
19. When you learn new things, do you link these with what you already know? | |||||
 Yes | 13 | 4 | 11 | 8.97 | 0.01* |
 No | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.14 | 0.13 |
 Do not know | 7 | 16 | 7 | 10.80 | 0.005* |