Research Article

Social Skills Intervention Participation and Associated Improvements in Executive Function Performance

Table 1

Sample characteristics.

Variable ASD intervention group () Non-ASD group ()
(SD)Range (SD)Range

Age (years)12.3 (1.1)10.8–14.712.8 (0.9)11.0–14.5
Gender (M/F) 22/022/0
FSIQ100.5 (13.1)78–130103.4 (7.2)81–111
Parent-report SRS (at baseline)
 Raw score106.1 (18.8)71–144
score84.6 (9.0)68–103
ADI-R ()
 A (social interaction)15.2 (6.9)3–29
 B (communication)13.4 (5.4)5–21
 C (restricted/repetitive behavior)4.7 (2.4)1–10
ADOS-original algorithm ()
 Communication1.9 (0.7)1–3
 Social interaction6.6 (3.3)0–10
ADOS-revised algorithm ()
 Social effect7.4 (2.5)4–11
 Restricted, repetitive behavior2.6 (1.7)0–5

Note that a subset of children () received both the ADI-R and ADOS.