Skip to main content

Table 2 Parent, Child and Behavioural Problems in the HR- ASD and TD Groups

From: The characteristics and factors of the internalizing and externalizing behaviours of children at high risk for autism spectrum disorder

Variable

HR-ASD group

TD group

  

M

SD

M

SD

t

Effect size

Child positive engagement

15.18

5.68

21.85

4.47

−7.816**

1.287

Child negative engagement

4.62

5.87

2.71

2.01

2.933*

0.440

Child withdrawal

3.87

3.05

5.21

2.25

−3.050**

0.500

Child object exploration

7.57

4.57

4.19

1.78

5.779***

0.975

Externalizing behaviours

2.96

4.76

1.85

1.17

1.866*

0.317

Internalizing behaviours

4.21

3.11

2.72

1.44

3.663***

0.415

Parent positive engagement

19.35

5.39

21.60

5.04

−2.676**

0.431

Parent negative engagement

4.02

3.47

2.40

1.80

3.522*

0.586

Parent intrusiveness

4.34

1.69

2.87

1.17

6.170***

1.011

Parent limit setting

6.40

4.82

6.63

4.58

−0.224

0.049

Dyadic reciprocity

11.90

6.14

15.99

5.92

−4.215***

0.678

  1. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001
Back to article page

BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

Contact us