Recognition of Emotion from Facial Expressions with Direct or Averted Eye Gaze and Varying Expression Intensities in Children with Autism Disorder and Typically Developing Children

Table 3

Mean intensity ratings for facial expressions by emotion strength and eye gaze direction in children with AD and typically developing children.

Mean intensity ratings for facial expressions by emotion strength
	100% emotion strength	50% emotion strength
Typically developing children	1.82 (.90)^a∗	2.73 (.88)*
Children with autism disorder	2.38 (.80)^b∗	2.73 (.89)*
Mean intensity ratings of facial expressions by eye gaze direction
	Direct eye gaze	Averted eye gaze
Typically developing children	2.36 (.08)^a	2.25 (.09)
Children with autism disorder	2.72 (.08)^b∗	2.33 (.09)*

Intensity ratings ranged from 1 (least intense) to 4 (most intense). Standard deviations are in parentheses.
a,bSuperscripts indicate significant between-group differences (typically developing versus with autism disorder), 𝑃≤.05.
∗Asterisks indicate significant within-group differences, 𝑃≤.05.