Introduction
Methods
Patients
Measures
The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (1st ed.; ADOS)
The Autism Diagnostic Interview—Revised (ADI-R)
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (4th ed.; WISC-IV)
Data Interpreted in this Study
Ethics
Statistical Analysis
Results
Descriptive Statistics
Variable | M | SD | Minimum | Maximum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 10.63 | 2.72 | 6 | 16 |
WISC-IV PRI | 104.87 | 14.82 | 71 | 144 |
WISC-IV VCI | 103.59 | 14.84 | 71 | 142 |
WISC-IV WMI | 96.63 | 12.51 | 71 | 144 |
WISC-IV PSI | 91.68 | 13.26 | 56 | 131 |
WISC-IV FSIQ | 99.84 | 13.23 | 70 | 143 |
Communication | ||||
ADOS (A) | 4.01 | 1.75 | 0 | 7 |
ADI-R (B) | 12.21 | 3.99 | 3 | 22 |
Reciprocal social interaction | ||||
ADOS (B) | 6.71 | 2.54 | 1 | 13 |
ADI-R (A) | 14.65 | 5.18 | 1 | 25 |
Stereotypic/repetitive behavior | ||||
ADOS (D) | 0.78 | 1.07 | 0 | 6 |
ADI-R (C) | 3.73 | 2.14 | 0 | 10 |
The WISC-IV Index Scores
Index score | FSIQ ≥ 100a | FSIQ ≤ 99b | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | p | Effect size | M | SD | p | Effect size | |
VCI | 113.65 | 11.22 | < 0.001*** | 0.567 | 94.12 | 11.14 | 0.008** | 0.331 |
PRI | 114.31 | 11.20 | < 0.001*** | 0.583 | 95.98 | 12.12 | 0.001* | 0.383 |
WMI | 101.82 | 13.17 | 0.631 | 0.161 | 91.75 | 9.67 | 0.081 | 0.256 |
PSI | 97.71 | 11.93 | 86.00 | 11.96 | ||||
FSIQ | 110.53 | 8.63 | < 0.001*** | 0.524 | 89.77 | 7.74 | 0.165 | 0.161 |
Correlation Between PSI Scores and Age, ADOS and ADI-R Measures
Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. PSI | – | |||||||
2. Age | − 0.025 | – | ||||||
3. Communication—ADOS (A) | − 0.241 | 0.137 | – | |||||
4. Communication—ADI-R (B) | − 0.038 | 0.083 | 0.145 | – | ||||
5. Reciprocal social interaction—ADOS (B) | − 0.122 | 0.083 | 0.550** | 0.143 | – | |||
6. Reciprocal social interaction—ADI-R (A) | − 0.028 | 0.153 | 0.060 | 0.509** | 0.263 | – | ||
7. Stereotypic/repetitive behavior—ADOS (D) | − 0.057 | − 0.079 | 0.313* | 0.098 | 0.338* | − 0.110 | – | |
8. Stereotypic/repetitive behavior—ADI-R (C) | − 0.036 | − 0.010 | 0.161 | 0.346** | − 0.006 | 0.252 | 0.283* | – |
Association Between IQ Split and PSI Scores
IQ split profile | n | % | PSI | FSIQ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | M | SD | |||
VCI = PRIa | 45 | 44.6 | 90.07 | 13.31 | 98.36 | 13.66 |
VCI > PRIb | 26 | 25.7 | 92.31 | 15.09 | 102.00 | 12.06 |
PRI > VCIc | 30 | 29.7 | 93.57 | 11.54 | 100.20 | 13.69 |