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

Table 2

Descriptive statistics for the Melbourne Assessment of Schizotypy (MASK) total score and subscale scores in each group.

	Group ()
	TD (32)		ASD (15)		SPD (21)
	M (SD)	Median	M (SD)	Median	M (SD)	Median
MASK total^a,b,c	68.81 (7.70)	66.50	121.00 (10.45)	122.00	149.95 (14.23)	151.00
MASK subscale
Social anxiety^a,b	8.03 (2.21)	7.00	15.93 (3.24)	16.00	15.90 (3.00)	16.00
Social skills^a,b	7.13 (1.29)	7.00	19.07 (2.09)	20.00	18.67 (2.18)	19.00
Motor abilities^a,b	5.50 (1.12)	5.00	13.80 (2.24)	14.00	12.29 (4.57)	13.00
Language/thought/ideation^a,b,c	10.72 (1.20)	10.00	15.47 (3.04)	15.00	26.71 (4.48)	28.00
Fantasy/magical thinking^a,c	15.09 (2.64)	14.00	18.27 (3.28)	10.78	26.71 (5.87)	28.00
Unusual perceptual experiences^a,c	5.22 (0.94)	5.00	4.60 (0.63)	5.00	9.81 (3.79)	10.00
Behaviour^a,b,c	4.44 (0.98)	4.00	9.00 (1.81)	9.00	12.62 (1.77)	13.00
Attention^a,b	7.34 (1.96)	6.00	17.13 (3.27)	18.00	16.43 (4.27)	16.00
Affect^a,b,c	5.41 (0.76)	5.00	7.73 (1.75)	7.00	10.81 (2.02)	11.00

Note. ^a for comparison between SPD and TD groups; ^b for comparison between ASD and TD groups; and ^c for comparison between SPD and ASD groups. All analyses were conducted using either a Poisson or negative binomial regression model with verbal intellectual skills, visual intellectual skills, processing speed, and working memory as covariates. ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorder; M: mean; SD: standard deviation; SPD: Schizotypal Personality Disorder; TD: typically developing.