Molecular Autism

Table 2 Factor loadings of a 10-factor EFA solution for items pooled across all measures. Principal axis factoring, oblmin rotation. Loadings below .32 (which explain less than 10% of the variance in that item) are not highlighted and are considered to be negligible loadings for the purposes of analysis

From: Does stereopsis account for the link between motor and social skills in adults?

Measure	Item	Social	Stereo	Detail	Fine motor	Org	Magic Eye	Isolation	Coord	Imagine	Multi
AQ	Enjoy social chitchat	0.70	0.01	−0.06	−0.09	−0.06	−0.03	−0.04	0.07	0.01	0.08
AQ	Good at social chitchat	0.70	0.04	0.02	−0.05	0.03	0.12	0.03	0.01	−0.05	−0.03
AQ	Find social situations easy	0.67	−0.05	0.07	−0.01	0.01	0.03	0.01	0.00	0.02	−0.08
AQ	Prefer people over things	0.59	−0.01	−0.12	−0.04	0.02	0.04	−0.01	−0.04	0.04	0.09
AQ	Enjoy social occasions	0.56	−0.07	−0.10	−0.14	0.02	−0.02	−0.10	−0.09	0.08	0.01
AQ	Enjoy meeting new people	0.53	−0.07	−0.12	0.02	0.00	0.02	−0.04	−0.20	0.05	0.04
ADC	Choose to spend leisure time on own	−0.48	0.05	0.09	0.20	−0.02	0.02	0.25	−0.01	0.01	0.06
AQ	Easily keep track of several conversations	0.44	−0.03	0.15	0.00	−0.08	−0.01	0.01	0.07	0.19	−0.19
AQ	Can work out what someone is feeling from their face	0.43	−0.02	0.00	−0.06	−0.08	−0.01	−0.02	0.06	0.34	−0.10
AQ	Prefer to do things with others	0.43	0.05	0.02	0.13	−0.11	−0.02	−0.11	0.02	−0.22	−0.05
AQ	Find it hard to make new friends	−0.41	−0.06	0.30	−0.05	−0.04	−0.06	0.20	0.15	−0.16	−0.06
AQ	New situations bring on anxiety	−0.35	0.08	0.11	−0.11	0.01	0.06	0.17	0.09	−0.08	0.24
AQ	Don’t know how to keep conversation going	−0.33	−0.04	0.22	0.04	0.02	−0.09	0.11	−0.00	−0.25	0.11
AQ	Can easily ‘read between the lines’	0.32	−0.03	0.02	−0.10	−0.03	0.10	0.06	0.03	0.31	−0.14
SSI	Do you think you need glasses	0.03	0.94	0.02	0.05	0.01	−0.01	−0.03	−0.03	0.03	0.01
SSI	Glasses/contact lens wearer	−0.05	0.90	−0.00	−0.00	0.01	0.02	−0.02	−0.02	0.02	−0.00
SSI	W/out correction, clearness of vision in LEFT eye	0.08	0.89	0.02	0.03	−0.04	−0.01	0.07	−0.05	−0.04	0.05
SSI	W/out correction, clearness of vision in RIGHT eye	−0.08	0.88	−0.06	−0.03	0.00	0.02	−0.02	0.03	0.06	−0.03
SSI	Vision as good as other people’s	0.06	0.87	0.02	−0.03	0.03	−0.04	−0.00	−0.00	−0.06	−0.01
SSI	Correction needed for reading	−0.02	0.53	0.01	−0.04	−0.02	0.05	−0.09	0.21	−0.05	−0.08
AQ	Notice patterns in things all the time	−0.13	0.05	0.67	−0.08	0.10	0.02	−0.03	−0.08	0.05	−0.05
AQ	Notice car number plates or similar	−0.01	0.02	0.56	−0.03	0.04	0.06	0.03	−0.01	−0.02	−0.07
AQ	Tend to notice details that others do not	−0.14	−0.02	0.55	0.12	0.06	−0.00	−0.10	0.01	0.30	−0.09
AQ	Strong interests, get upset if can’t pursue	0.01	0.04	0.55	0.14	−0.02	−0.04	0.05	−0.03	0.03	0.16
AQ	Notice small sounds	−0.13	0.07	0.47	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.01	0.05	0.18	0.07
AQ	Get strongly absorbed in one thing	−0.24	0.12	0.46	−0.06	0.18	−0.02	−0.02	−0.01	−0.03	−0.02
AQ	Enjoy collecting information about categories	−0.01	−0.07	0.45	0.13	−0.08	0.02	0.04	0.09	−0.07	0.05
AQ	Repetitive topic of conversation	0.06	0.03	0.45	0.11	0.03	−0.01	0.13	−0.01	−0.18	0.01
AQ	Tend to dominate conversation	0.18	0.03	0.43	0.05	−0.06	0.06	0.09	−0.02	−0.04	0.12
AQ	Fascinated by numbers	−0.07	−0.05	0.41	0.07	0.03	0.03	−0.07	0.04	−0.08	−0.06
AQ	Difficult to work out people’s intentions	−0.06	0.06	0.39	−0.00	0.04	−0.03	0.06	−0.00	−0.29	0.16
AQ	Difficulty imagining being someone else	0.08	−0.09	0.37	0.14	−0.01	−0.12	0.09	−0.06	−0.16	0.19
AQ	Say impolite things without realising	0.09	−0.02	0.36	0.14	−0.12	−0.03	0.12	0.02	−0.04	0.25
AQ	Difficulty speaking in turns on phone	−0.01	0.03	0.35	0.13	0.07	−0.05	0.10	0.09	−0.05	0.10
AQ	Difficultly working out characters’ intentions in story	0.12	0.01	0.34	0.06	−0.04	0.14	0.13	0.13	−0.24	0.02
ADC	Others find it difficult to read your writing	0.01	0.04	0.00	0.79	−0.07	0.01	0.05	−0.07	0.01	−0.06
ADC	Difficulty with writing neatly AND quickly	−0.06	0.02	−0.03	0.73	0.03	−0.04	0.02	−0.02	0.03	0.09
ADC	Difficulty with neat writing when child	−0.07	−0.01	0.07	0.70	0.13	−0.04	0.07	−0.11	0.00	0.00
ADC	Difficulties reading own writing	−0.04	0.07	−0.05	0.66	−0.04	0.03	−0.08	0.18	−0.01	−0.15
ADC	Difficulties with writing as fast as peers	0.00	−0.04	0.07	0.65	0.06	0.03	−0.04	0.09	−0.12	0.05
ADC	Difficulty with fast writing as child	0.04	−0.06	0.06	0.62	0.15	0.03	0.01	0.06	−0.07	0.06
ADC	Difficulty copying without mistakes	−0.09	−0.06	−0.09	0.43	0.10	−0.02	−0.15	0.27	0.04	0.08
ADC	Difficulty with organisation	−0.04	0.07	−0.06	0.14	0.71	0.07	−0.09	0.02	−0.00	−0.03
ADC	Difficulties with organisation as child	−0.01	0.09	−0.05	0.06	0.68	−0.02	0.10	−0.06	−0.01	−0.09
ADC	Others call you disorganised	0.06	0.00	0.11	0.08	0.66	0.09	0.01	0.02	−0.04	0.00
ADC	Tend to lose possessions	0.01	−0.09	−0.03	0.04	0.58	−0.04	0.15	0.03	0.05	0.03
ADC	Difficulty sitting still	−0.08	−0.07	0.23	0.05	0.52	−0.04	−0.02	−0.05	0.07	0.18
ADC	Difficulty planning ahead	−0.08	0.03	0.09	−0.02	0.48	0.04	−0.14	0.02	−0.18	0.29
ADC	Bump into, spill, or break things	−0.00	−0.07	−0.02	−0.04	0.43	−0.10	0.41	0.19	0.04	0.02
ADC	Difficulty managing money	−0.02	−0.04	0.05	0.01	0.43	0.04	−0.17	0.23	−0.03	0.15
ADC	Can lose attention in certain situations	−0.02	0.05	0.12	0.02	0.42	−0.02	−0.05	0.04	−0.07	0.31
ADC	Bumped into objects more than other children	0.03	−0.07	0.09	0.05	0.38	−0.13	0.36	0.20	−0.02	−0.03
MEA	Identify shape in autostereogram [shark]	−0.05	0.00	−0.03	0.01	−0.00	0.91	0.04	0.01	0.01	0.02
MEA	Identify shape in autostereogram [teapot]	0.05	−0.00	0.01	−0.03	0.04	0.91	0.00	0.06	−0.06	−0.03
MEA	Ease of perceiving shapes in autostereograms above	0.03	−0.02	0.03	0.04	0.01	0.85	0.01	−0.03	0.06	0.04
MEA	Previous successful completion of autostereogram	−0.09	0.10	0.09	−0.01	−0.01	0.35	0.22	−0.15	0.04	−0.04
ADC	If do sport, likely to be on your own	−0.16	−0.01	0.04	0.05	−0.04	0.06	0.63	−0.08	−0.04	−0.03
ADC	Avoid team games/sports	−0.18	0.11	0.05	0.02	0.00	0.09	0.60	0.03	0.02	0.08
ADC	Difficulties playing team games as child	−0.04	0.13	−0.01	0.14	0.02	0.01	0.47	0.17	−0.05	0.12
ADC	Others commented on clumsiness as child	0.13	0.02	0.06	0.01	0.35	−0.16	0.44	0.23	−0.04	−0.06
ADC	Difficulties with hobbies requiring good coordination	−0.03	0.10	−0.10	0.02	0.09	−0.03	0.25	0.57	0.03	0.05
ADC	Difficulties eating with utensils	−0.03	−0.08	0.06	0.08	0.01	0.05	−0.09	0.57	−0.09	0.06
ADC	Self-care difficulties	−0.08	0.02	0.05	0.19	0.07	−0.08	−0.01	0.48	−0.08	0.08
ADC	Avoid hobbies that require good coordination	−0.02	0.13	−0.08	0.02	−0.02	−0.02	0.36	0.45	−0.03	0.15
AQ	Can easily imagine what characters in story look like	0.00	−0.01	0.08	−0.16	−0.08	0.08	−0.00	0.05	0.52	−0.00
AQ	Easily play games with children involving pretending	0.28	−0.07	−0.05	−0.10	0.05	0.05	0.08	−0.15	0.43	0.14
AQ	Easy to create a picture using imagination	0.01	−0.01	0.25	−0.03	−0.08	0.08	−0.09	−0.01	0.42	0.02
AQ	Is a good diplomat	0.28	0.02	−0.00	0.05	−0.08	−0.00	−0.11	−0.01	0.37	−0.05
AQ	Making up stories is easy	0.06	0.00	0.23	−0.08	0.08	0.05	0.12	−0.08	0.37	−0.02
ADC	Difficulty performing concurrent tasks	−0.11	0.04	0.02	0.20	0.10	−0.02	−0.05	0.24	0.08	0.41
ADC	Difficulty with distance estimation	0.06	0.12	0.02	−0.06	0.14	−0.07	0.23	0.13	−0.04	0.39
AQ	Easy to do more than one thing at once	0.28	0.04	0.04	−0.05	−0.02	0.02	0.03	−0.09	0.13	−0.34
ADC	Difficulty with navigation	0.00	0.09	−0.09	0.09	0.03	−0.07	0.18	0.16	−0.06	0.32
ADC	Difficulty packing suitcase to go away	0.03	−0.05	0.13	0.09	0.21	0.00	−0.05	0.26	−0.02	0.29
ADC	Difficulty learning to ride bike as child	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.12	0.04	−0.03	0.25	0.13	0.02	0.28
ADC	Difficulty preparing meal from scratch	−0.03	−0.02	0.14	−0.01	0.04	−0.05	−0.09	0.27	−0.16	0.25
AQ	Prefer to do things the same way over and over	−0.05	0.00	0.30	0.16	−0.10	−0.06	0.11	0.02	0.04	0.25
AQ	Know if someone listening to me is getting bored	0.27	−0.05	−0.10	0.03	−0.05	−0.04	−0.07	−0.07	0.29	−0.23
ADC	Difficulties with self-care when child	0.10	−0.03	0.01	0.18	0.15	−0.12	0.18	0.26	0.07	0.22
ADC	Difficulty folding and putting away clothes	0.11	0.07	0.13	0.28	0.24	0.00	−0.01	0.20	−0.03	0.22
AQ	Not upset if daily routine is disturbed	0.27	−0.12	−0.06	0.05	0.06	0.04	−0.05	−0.04	0.04	−0.21
AQ	Enjoy doing things spontaneously	0.29	−0.16	−0.09	0.08	0.15	0.10	−0.13	−0.18	0.06	−0.21
AQ	Quickly go back to previous activity after interruption	0.19	−0.04	−0.01	0.04	−0.10	0.09	0.08	−0.01	0.23	−0.21
ADC	Slower at getting ready	−0.00	0.07	0.08	0.17	0.28	0.07	−0.03	0.12	−0.13	0.20
AQ	When younger, enjoyed pretend games with others	0.10	0.04	−0.25	−0.08	0.08	0.10	0.03	−0.20	0.29	0.19
AQ	Carefully plan any activities participated in	−0.13	0.06	0.31	0.07	−0.27	−0.07	0.09	0.14	0.16	0.19
SSI	Book too close to eyes when reading	−0.09	0.29	0.03	−0.09	0.09	−0.05	0.18	0.09	−0.09	−0.18
AQ	Not very good at remembering phone numbers	−0.01	0.04	−0.24	0.19	−0.08	−0.03	0.14	0.01	0.11	0.18
SSI	Experience temporary loss of vision	−0.05	0.16	0.03	0.04	0.13	−0.15	0.00	0.30	0.10	−0.17
AQ	Not good at remembering people’s date of birth	−0.09	−0.02	−0.15	0.20	0.11	0.04	0.12	−0.17	0.09	0.17
AQ	Don’t enjoy reading fiction	0.10	−0.02	0.07	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.06	−0.01	−0.06	0.15
AQ	Rather go to library than a party	−0.24	0.12	0.22	0.08	−0.05	0.04	0.25	0.09	0.08	−0.13
AQ	Concentrate on whole rather than parts	0.13	−0.04	−0.23	−0.05	0.09	0.02	0.00	0.07	0.11	−0.11
ADC	Do you avoid going to clubs/dancing	−0.30	0.09	0.15	0.08	0.06	0.01	0.25	−0.06	−0.04	−0.06
AQ	Last to understand the point of a joke	0.14	0.00	0.32	0.01	0.05	−0.14	0.09	0.16	−0.12	0.05
AQ	Fascinated by dates	0.07	0.03	0.26	−0.02	−0.06	0.10	−0.03	0.14	−0.03	−0.05
AQ	Don’t notice small changes	0.01	0.12	0.02	0.20	−0.02	−0.00	0.11	−0.13	−0.20	0.03
AQ	Rather go to the theater than to a museum	0.29	0.01	−0.09	−0.10	−0.05	−0.05	−0.18	0.18	0.04	0.03
ADC	Difficulties playing music instrument when child	0.04	−0.03	−0.03	0.21	0.18	−0.17	0.18	0.15	−0.01	0.01
SSI	Difference between items 8 and 9	0.01	0.05	0.08	−0.01	−0.04	−0.10	0.04	0.03	0.02	−0.01
SSI	Eyes feel ‘tired’	0.09	0.30	−0.02	0.10	0.06	−0.07	−0.03	0.25	0.04	−0.00

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