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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for groups

From: No preference for direct versus averted gaze in autistic adults: a reinforced preferential looking paradigm

Measures

Autistic group (n = 43; F = 23)

Neurotypical group (n = 43; F = 21)

t test

M

SD

M

SD

Age (years)

35.79

9.98

35.56

11.4

 − 0.101

Full-scale IQ

119

15.27

118.53

9.47

 − 0.170

Verbal IQ

125.07

15.41

126.86

12.74

0.581

Economic status

6.05

2.08

7.40

1.90

3.115**

Level of education

3.26

1.38

3.70

1.06

1.636

Autism quotient

38.81

5.34

16.84

5.96

 − 18.006***

Empathy quotient

20.53

8.42

43.93

10.37

11.484***

Social anxiety

76

31.14

30.77

25.13

 − 8.584***

Alexithymia

61.77

10.85

45.81

10.15

 − 6.735***

  1. Missing data: 2 verbal intelligence quotients (autistic group); 1 economic status and level of education (autistic group); 8 social anxiety and alexithymia questionnaires (autistic group: 2; neurotypical group: 6)
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
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Molecular Autism

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