Research Article
About Face: Evaluating and Managing Tactile Impairment at the Time of Autism Diagnosis
Table 5
Post hoc population comparisons.
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| Typically developing children
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(d.f.) | value |
| | Oral-tactile | | | | | | M | 27.60 | 10.66 | 525.1 | <.000 | | SD | 7.91 | 6.93 | () | | Face-mouth | | | | | | M | 10.06 | 3.74 | 412.1 | <.000 | | SD | 3.43 | 2.81 | () | | Hands-feet-head-skin-diaper | | | | | | M | 17.54 | 6.92 | 368.6 | <.000 | | SD | 6.08 | 5.00 | () | | Orientation and attention | | | | | | M | 12.58 | 3.99 | 522.6 | <.000 | | SD | 4.40 | 3.05 | () | | Self-regulation total | | | | | | M | 35.72 | 17.28 | 439.0 | <.000 | | SD | 9.75 | 7.86 | () | | Oral-tactile, orientation-attention, and self-regulation | | | | | | M | 75.90 | 31.93 | 685.1 | <.000 | | SD | 18.47 | 15.18 | () | | Other sensory domains | | | | | | M | 10.41 | 4.89 | 193.7 | <.000 | | SD | 4.32 | 3.63 | () | | Constipation | | | | | | M | 3.23 | 1.60 | 36.6 | <.000 | | SD | 3.21 | 2.13 | () | | Total scale | | | | | | M | 89.54 | 38.41 | 677.7 | <.000 | | SD | 21.35 | 18.03 | () | | Face-mouth + orientation-attention | | | | | | M | 22.64 | 7.73 | 663.0 | <.000 | | SD | 6.50 | 5.07 | () |
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Note: M = mean; SD = standard deviation; d.f. = degrees of freedom.
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