BMC Psychiatry

Table 5 Descriptive Statistics of RBS-R Severity for Each Subscale Across Age Groups

From: Repetitive and restricted behaviors and interests in autism spectrum disorder: relation to individual characteristics and mental health problems

RBS-R Factors	Age Groups
	Early Childhood			Middle Childhood			Adolescence
	n	M	SD	n	M	SD	n	M	SD
R/S	636	0.62	0.50	1356	0.74	0.55	751	0.69	0.54
SIB	635	0.24	0.36	1354	0.27	0.35	754	0.27	0.37
STER	637	0.80	0.55	1349	0.72	0.53	747	0.57	0.50
COMP	638	0.49	0.49	1356	0.51	0.51	755	0.49	0.49
REST	639	1.19	0.85	1359	1.29	0.82	755	1.19	0.80

Note. R/S = Ritualistic/Sameness; SIB = Self-Injurious; STER = Stereotypy; COMP = Compulsive; REST = Restricted Interests
* p < .001.

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