Facing Your Fears in Adolescence: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders and Anxiety

Table 1

Participant characteristics (𝑛=24).

Participant characteristic	𝑀 (range, SD)/Percent
Age	15.5 (13.4–18.0)
Full-scale IQ	100.5 (66–128, SD = 17.27)
Nonverbal IQ	100.2 (65–137, SD = 17.55)
Verbal IQ	103.6 (73–131, SD = 17.23)
Gender
Male	62.5%
Ethnicity
Caucasian	66.7%
Other	33.3%
Autism spectrum DX
Autism	29.2%
Asperger’s disorder	54.2%
PDD-NOS	16.7%
Taking Medications	58.3%
Mother’s highest level of education
High school (partial)	4.2%
High school (graduate)	8.3%
College (partial)	25%
College (graduate)	45.8%
Postcollege education	16.6%