Skip to main content

Table 3 Demographics and questionnaire scores by group (autistic, non-autistic) and gender (male, female, NBT)

From: The Friendship Questionnaire, autism, and gender differences: a study revisited

 

Autistic (n = 227)

Non-autistic (n = 181)

 

Male (n = 28)

Female (n = 147)

NBT (n = 78)

Male (n = 23)

Female (n = 121)

NBT (n = 11)

Age

 Range

18.66–64.94

18.12–65.28

19.24–52.92

20.79–62.79

18.15–67.23

18.68–42.15

 M (SD)

34.38 (15.56)

31.63 (10.94)

26.43 (6.81)

29.12 (9.17)

28.57 (8.64)

26.46 (6.42)

AQ score

 Range

6.00–27.00

3.00–27.00

13.00–27.00

1.00–15.00

0.00–20.00

4.00–21.00

 M (SD)

19.93 (4.68)

21.12 (3.85)

21.37 (3.17)

10.04 (4.02)

9.13 (5.35)

13.73 (6.72)

FQ score

 Range

27.00–99.00

23.00–111.00

23.00–102.00

55.00–89.00

51.00–115.00

45.00–98.00

 M (SD)

56.50 (19.82)

59.26 (17.90)

62.03 (16.41)

69.13 (16.23)

80.44 (16.22)

60.55 (16.26)

URCS score

 Range

1.17–6.75

0.50–7.00

1.33–7.00

1.33–6.92

0.83–7.00

1.50–6.50

 M (SD)

4.46 (1.75)

5.01 (1.45)

5.42 (1.40)

5.43 (1.64)

5.56 (1.25)

3.94 (2.01)