ASD children

TD children

M

SD

M

SD

t (56)

Children’s characteristics

Age (in months)

Chronological age

89.59

26.57

53.58

9.33

−6.973***

Developmental age

52.38

10.27

52.47

10.06

.032

Developmental verbal age

48.34

15.76

49.27

14.10

.235

CARS-T

Developmental non-verbal age

56.45

32.44

14.43

5.46

54.24

/

16.51

/

−.542

Personality (max = 9)

Extraversion

5.25

2.00

5.09

1.94

−.285

Agreeableness

5.88

1.17

6.75

1.15

2.629*

Conscientiousness

5.67

1.57

5.73

1.38

.158

Emotional stability

5.26

1.04

5.99

1.08

2.392*

Openness

5.79

1.77

6.46

1.54

1.432

Maternal characteristics

Age (in years)

38.08

5.12

35.25

4.17

−.231*

Openness to emotional processes (max = 4)

REPCOG

2.69

.73

2.87

.79

.869

COMEMO

2.29

.71

2.25

.78

−.201

PERINT

2.08

.71

2.07

.82

−.007

PEREXT

2.03

.99

2.08

.72

.262

REGEMO

2.05

.74

2.09

.75

.238

RESNOR

1.96

.60

1.97

.68

.057

Paternal characteristics

Age (in years)

44.23

9.19

38.36

6.06

−1.976*

Openness to emotional processes (max = 4)

REPCOG

2.75

.58

2.80

.61

.249

COMEMO

1.48

.76

1.81

.65

1.292

PERINT

2.01

.66

1.81

.63

−.837

PEREXT

1.77

.82

2.09

.62

1.211

REGEMO

2.66

.71

2.78

.55

.526

RESNOR

1.72

.91

1.89

.82

.526