Sequences of Mind Development in Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Table 4

Evaluation of the Results of scaled ToM tasks amongst ASD and control groups.

		Group	Negative		Positive		Chi-square tests
			Count	%	Count	%	Value	𝑃 value
Desire	Diverse desires	Autism	7	46.67	8	53.33	6.14	0.01*
		Control	1	6.67	14	93.33
	Diverse beliefs	Autism	14	93.33	1	6.67	19.29	0.00**
		Control	2	13.33	13	86.67
Knowledge	Knowledge access	Autism	15	100			30	0.00**
		Control			15	100
Beliefs	Contents false belief	Autism	14	93.33	1	6.67	22.53	0.00**
		Control	1	6.67	14	93.33
	Explicit false belief	Autism	13	86.67	2	13.33	21.99	0.00**
		Control			14	100
Emotion	Belief emotion	Autism	14	93.33	1	6.67	26.25	0.00**
		Control			15	100
	Real-apparent emotion	Autism	15	100			10.9	0.001**
		Control	7	46.67	8	53.33

^{∗ ∗}Significant at the 0.01 level ( 𝑃<0.01).
^∗Significant at the 0.05 level ( 𝑃<0.05).