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Table 2 Average scores on insight scales by sex and diagnosis (means, standard deviation, and range)

From: Sex differences in social and emotional insight in youth with and without autism

Insight scales

Autism (N = 32)

Non-autism (N = 32)

Effects

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Sex

Dx

Sex in autism

Five levels of emotional awareness

3.19 (.201)

2.00–4.00

2.75 (.201)

1.00–4.00

3.44 (.201)

1.50–5.00

2.94 (.201)

2.00–4.00

p = .023*

η2 = .08

p = .281

η2 = .07

p = .120

Emotional investment in relationships

3.16 (.243)

2.00–4.00

2.75 (.243)

1.00–4.00

3.84 (.243)

2.00–5.50

3.13 (.243)

1.50–5.00

p = .058

η2 = .06

p = .013*

η2 = .10

p = .188

Social cognition and object relations

3.31 (.257)

2.00–4.00

2.60 (.257)

1.00–4.00

4.03 (.257)

2.00–6.00

3.03 (.257)

1.50–5.50

p = .001*

η2 = .16

p = .028*

η2 = .08

p = .020*

Understanding of social causality

3.44 (.253)

2.00–4.50

2.88 (.253)

1.00–4.00

4.16 (.253)

2.00–6.50

3.22 (.253)

1.00–5.00

p = .004*

η2 = .13

p = .040*

η2 = .07

p = .041*