ASD children

TD children

M

SD

M

SD

t (76)

Children’s

characteristics

Age (in months)

Chronological age

91.33

27.73

53.46

10.47

−6.912***

Developmental age

53.00

10.30

53.04

9.86

.017

Developmental verbal age

48.41

15.18

52.53

14.95

1.208

Developmental non-verbal age

57.82

15.15

52.56

15.60

−1.510

CARS-T

32.57

5.90

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Personality (max = 9)

Extraversion

5.12

1.87

5.41

1.84

.615

Agreeableness

5.64

1.43

6.74

1.32

3.267**

Conscientiousness

5.78

1.48

5.73

1.34

−1.44

Emotional stability

5.44

1.11

5.80

1.19

1.268

Openness

5.68

1.72

6.70

1.44

2.582*

Maternal

characteristics

Age (in years)

38.76

5.05

35.23

4.08

−3.203**

Openness to

emotional processes (max = 4)

REPCOG

2.77

.69

2.91

.76

.848

COMEMO

2.31

.67

2.33

.78

.089

PERINT

2.05

1.02

2.04

.78

−.006

PEREXT

2.01

.71

2.12

.70

.716

REGEMO

2.08

.59

2.20

.73

.779

RESNOR

1.94

1.05

2.10

.74

.806

Paternal

characteristics

Age (in years)

42.70

6.43

38.26

5.33

−3.108**

Openness to

emotional processes (max = 4)

REPCOG

2.64

.58

2.71

.65

.435

COMEMO

1.57

.65

1.80

.62

1.441

PERINT

1.62

.76

1.72

.61

.566

PEREXT

1.56

.79

1.92

.72

1.850

REGEMO

2.73

.65

2.76

.55

.195

RESNOR

1.72

.86

1.69

.79

−.146