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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics

From: A preliminary study of schema therapy for young adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder: a single-arm, uncontrolled trial

Variable

Mean (SD)/frequency (%)

Age

26.8 (6.39)

Sex

 

 Female

5 (50%)

 Male

5 (50%)

Education

 

 Master

2 (20%)

 Bachelor

7 (70%)

 High school

1 (10%)

Employment

 

 Student

7 (70%)

 Part timer

1 (10%)

 Unemployed

2 (20%)

Diagnosis

 

 ASD + OCD

4 (40%)

 ASD + ADHD

1 (10%)

 ASD + DEP

5 (50%)

ADI-R

 

 Quality of reciprocal social interaction

16 (4.22)

 Communication

13.3 (4.37)

 Repetitive, restricted, and stereotyped patterns of behavior

3.2 (1.75)

 Abnormalities of behavior evident at or before 36 months

1.8 (1.14)

ADOS-2

 

 Communication

3.8 (1.48)

 Reciprocal social interaction

7 (2.54)

 Imagination/creativity

1.4 (0.52)

 Restricted and repetitive behaviors

1.2 (0.63)

WAIS-3

 

 VIQ

120.8 (10.6)

 PIQ

117.7 (11.04)

 FIQ

120 (9.51)

 VC

119.7 (12.31)

 PO

120 (12.75)

 WM

112.6 (11.16)

 PS

109.7 (19.29)

  1. ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADI-R Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised, ADOS-2 Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2, DEP depression, FIQ full scale IQ, OCD obsessive–compulsive disorder, PIQ performance IQ, PO perceptual organization, PS perceptual organization, VC verbal comprehension, VIQ verbal IQ, WAIS-3 The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-3, WM working memory