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Table 4 Group comparisons of strategy scores

From: Quantifying compensatory strategies in adults with and without diagnosed autism

 

Diagnosed (n = 58)

Non-diagnosed (n = 59)

 

M

SD

Range

M

SD

Range

Comparison

Overall score (max = 31)

6.81

3.32

1–16

5.56

2.56

1–13

t(115) = −2.29, p = .024, d = 0.42

Shallow compensation score (max = 10)

2.76

1.79

0–8

1.81

1.21

0–5

t(99.91) = −3.34, p = .001, d = 0.62

Deep compensation score (max = 9)

1.62

1.45

0–5

1.29

1.02

0–4

t(102.11) = −1.43, p = .16, d = 0.27

Masking score (max = 6)

1.53

1.11

0–4

1.61

1.11

0–4

t(115) = 0.37, p = .71, d = 0.07

Accommodation score (max = 6)

0.90

0.85

0–3

0.85

0.93

0–3

t(115) = − 0.30, p = .77, d = 0.06

  1. Greater scores index more self-reported strategies. Effect sizes are reported as Cohen’s d (0.2 = small, 0.5 = medium, 0.8 = large). Analyses were conducted using raw and standardised strategy scores (see the “Methods” section). A similar pattern of results was found; therefore, analyses using raw scores are reported (see Additional file 1 for analyses using standardised scores)