The impact of schizotypy on quality of life among adults with autism spectrum disorder

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Correlations between the SPQ-BR-32 with its subscales and the RAADS-14 Screen with subscales and the measures of quality of life

		Ritvo Autism and Asperger Diagnostic Scale-14 Screen, RAADS-14 Screen				Quality of Life Measures
		Mentalization deficit	Social anxiety	Sensory reactivity	RAADS-14 Total	BBQ	EQ-5D index	EQ5 VAS
Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire, SPQ-BR-32	Cognitive-Perceptual	.26	.29	*.33*	*.36*	−.27	*−.31*	−.26
	Ideas of Reference	.16	.21	.27	.25	−.21	−.18	−.15
	Suspiciousness	*.39*	*.39*	.22	*.45*	*−.41*	−.24	−.27
	Magical Thinking	- .02	- .06	.21	.02	.04	−.23	−.12
	Unusual Perception	.26	.18	.19	.29	−.23	−.20	−.16
	Interpersonal	*.45*	*.50*	.07	*.48*	*−.51*	−.24	−.26
	No Close Friends	*.39*	*.45*	.13	*.44*	*−.49*	−.25	−.22
	Constricted Affect	*.40*	*.42*	.02	*.40*	*−.38*	−.17	−.21
	Social Anxiety	*.33*	*.50*	*.51*	*.53*	*−.32*	*−.33*	−.28
	Disorganized	*.33*	.23	*.32*	*.39*	−.23	−.22	*−.31*
	Eccentric Behaviour	.30	.29	.27	*.37*	−.15	−.16	−.15
	Odd Speech	.27	.09	.25	.28	−.24	−.20	*−.33*
	*SPQ-BR-32 Total*	*.46*	*.49*	*.41*	*.58*	*−.44*	*−.39*	*−.41*

Spearman rank-order correlations: Rho coefficients are given, N = 110, p ≤ .001 for all bold, italic numbers
BBQ Brunnsviken Brief Quality of Life Scale, EQ-5D EQ-5D-5L, VAS visual analogue scale

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