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Table 3 Group scores in experimental variables

From: A ‘choice’, an ‘addiction’, a way ‘out of the lost’: exploring self-injury in autistic people without intellectual disability

 

Depression (BDI)

Anxiety (BAI)

Alexithymia (TAS-20)

Autism spectrum quotient (AQ)

Number of correct answers: RMET

Sensory low registration

Sensory seeking

Sensory sensitivity

Sensory avoidant

Current self-harmers (n = 49)

25.6 (13)

24.6 (11)

65.9 (11)

39.1 (9)

23.6 (8)

43.1 (10)

35.9 (9)

52.9 (10)

53.0 (11)

Historic self-harmers (n = 27)

22.9 (15)

22.3 (14)

60.4 (12)

37.8 (8)

24 (6)

39.9 (10)

37.4 (8)

47.6 (13)

47.2 (12)

Non self-harmers (n = 27)

14.6 (10)

13.1 (9)

56 (15)

35.6 (10)

23.3 (9)

38.8 (14)

38.7 (12)

44.1 (14)

46.2 (17)

  1. Average scores for each group on each variable of interest (standard deviation in brackets)