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Table 2 Frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations (SD) of participants’ responses to all twenty RBQ-2A items (N = 309)

From: Assessing subtypes of restricted and repetitive behaviour using the Adult Repetitive Behaviour Questionnaire-2 in autistic adults

 

Never or rarely

Mild or occasional/one or more times daily

Marked or notable/15 or more times daily

Mean (SD)

1. Arrange

69 (22.3%)

182 (58.9%)

58 (18.8%)

1.96 (.64)

2. Fiddleb

38 (12.4%)

73 (23.8%)

196 (63.8%)

2.51 (.71)

3. Spina

236 (76.6%)

56 (18.2%)

16 (5.2%)

1.29 (.56)

4. Rocka

125 (40.6%)

98 (31.8%)

85 (27.6%)

1.87 (.82)

5. Pacea

96 (31.2%)

121 (39.3%)

91 (29.5%)

1.98 (.78)

6. Hand/fingerb

95 (30.9%)

83 (27.0%)

129 (42.0%)

2.11 (.85)

7. Fascinationb

45 (14.7%)

117 (38.1%)

145 (47.2)

2.33 (.72)

8. Anglesd

75 (24.6%)

144 (47.2%)

86 (28.2%)

2.04 (.73)

9. Smellc

132 (43.1%)

106 (34.6%)

68 (22.2%)

1.79 (.78)

10. Feeld

94 (30.8%)

105 (34.4%)

106 (34.8%)

2.04 (.81)

11. Carryd

124 (40.8%)

97 (31.9%)

83 (27.3%)

1.87 (.82)

12. Collectb

51 (16.6%)

93 (30.3%)

163 (53.1%)

2.36 (.75)

13. Homeb

18 (5.9%)

65 (21.2%)

224 (73.0%)

2.67 (.58)

14. Changec

34 (11.1%)

88 (28.8%)

184 (60.1%)

2.49 (.69)

15. Routineb

20 (6.5%)

92 (30.0%)

195 (63.5%)

2.57 (.61)

16. Redoinga

16 (5.2%)

66 (21.4%)

226 (73.4%)

2.68 (.57)

17. TV/Musicb

30 (9.8%)

83 (27.0%)

194 (63.2%)

2.53 (.67)

18. Clothesd

74 (24.3%)

106 (34.8%)

125 (41.0%)

2.17 (.79)

19. Foodb

67 (21.8)

89 (29.0%)

151 (49.2%)

2.27 (.80)

20. Activities

11 (3.6%)

117 (37.9%)

181 (58.6%)

2.55 (.57)

  1. Percentages given as valid percentages
  2. aMissing = 1
  3. bMissing = 2
  4. cMissing = 3
  5. dMissing ≥ 4