BioMed Research International

Research Article

The Melbourne Assessment of Schizotypy in Kids: A Useful Measure of Childhood Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for age and intellectual skills for each experimental group.


Variable	SPD group	ASD group	TD group	Between group differences

% Female	38%	33%	46.8%	Nil
% Female	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)	Nil
Age (years)	9.79 (2.52)	8.93 (2.05)	9.93 (1.83)	Nil
Verbal intellectual skills	97.37 (15.50)	93.80 (17.37)	109.81 (12.73)	TD SPD^, ASD^
Visual intellectual skills	99.37 (12.28)	98.60 (10.31)	107.31 (11.81)	TD SPD^, ASD^
Processing speed	93.11 (13.34)	91.53 (9.82)	108.31 (12.89)	TD SPD^*, ASD^*
Working memory	95.28 (14.04)	90.13 (11.57)	112.41 (12.43)	TD SPD^*, ASD^*

Note. ^*, ^**, and ^***. Working memory was not measured in children less than 6 years of age. ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorder; SPD: Schizotypal Personality Disorder; TD: typically developing.