Research Article

Social Skills Intervention Participation and Associated Improvements in Executive Function Performance

Table 3

Descriptive statistics for performance on each task.

VariableASD intervention groupNon-ASD group
Timepoint 1Timepoint 2Timepoint 1Timepoint 2
(SD)Range (SD)Range (SD)Range (SD)Range

Working memory measure
 Spatial subtest12.8 (3.3)6–1914.6 (3.7)7–2216.4 (3.1)12–2116.1 (2.0)12–20
 Verbal (digit) subtest13.6 (2.4)9–1814.6 (3.3)7–2216.1 (2.5)13–2315.6 (2.5)12–21
 Combined (spatial + verbal)26.4 (4.7)17–3329.2 (5.8)14–4032.6 (4.3)27–4031.7 (3.8)26–40
Inhibitory control measure
 Inhibitory effect.09 (.06)−.03–.23.07 (.04)−.01–.12.08 (.05).00–.18.09 (.05).00–.16
Task switching measure
 Switching costs.18 (.17)−.02–.72.15 (.13)−.01–.42
 Mixing costs.54 (.24).26–1.21.40 (.20).08–.82

Effect of Timepoint, .