The Immediate Effects of Deep Pressure on Young People with Autism and Severe Intellectual Difficulties: Demonstrating Individual Differences
Table 2
Means and standard deviations recorded for the scales before and after deep pressure sessions.
Participant (number of sessions)
Scale
Before session mean (SD)
After session mean (SD)
value of Tau-U statistic
Alison (130)
7.84 (2.40)
8.99 (1.59)
7.73 (2.37)
8.87 (1.54)
8.17 (4.74)
8.88 (1.56)
Happy
7.26 (2.83)
8.78 (1.62)
7.94 (2.10)
8.87 (1.59)
Brian (45)
Calmness
5.74 (2.51)
7.20 (2.16)
Engaged
4.66 (2.40)
6.59 (2.32)
Responsivity
4.74 (2.43)
6.39 (2.50)
Happy
4.92 (2.68)
6.91 (2.19)
Communicative
5.64 (1.64)
6.78 (1.93)
Carl (40)
Calmness
7.35 (2.65)
8.84 (1.12)
6.78 (2.58)
8.51 (1.49)
6.93 (2.56)
8.66 (1.35)
6.85 (2.83)
8.67 (1.31)
5.92 (2.87)
8.08 (2.19)
David (17)
Calmness
5.89 (2.49)
8.48 (1.08)
Engaged
5.52 (2.58)
8.03 (1.57)
Responsivity
5.87 (2.44)
8.24 (1.20)
Happy
6.15 (2.59)
8.19 (1.53)
2.50
Communicative
6.22 (2.96)
8.06 (1.78)
1.66
Eric (49)
Calmness
4.68 (2.78)
7.69 (2.04)
Engaged
4.65 (2.61)
7.27 (2.15)
Responsivity
5.29 (2.37)
7.65 (2.08)
5.69 (2.61)
8.02 (1.86)
Communicative
5.06 (2.35)
7.55 (1.98)
Fenella (17)
Calmness
5.71 (2.35)
5.99 (2.40)
0.29
Engaged
4.49 (2.60)
4.90 (2.60)
−0.03
Responsivity
4.99 (2.36)
4.99 (2.64)
−0.21
Happy
5.30 (3.01)
5.19 (2.75)
0.26
Communicative
4.71 (2.76)
4.85 (2.53)
−0.59
Graham (39)
Calmness
7.51 (1.91)
8.66 (1.10)
7.04 (2.41)
8.24 (2.18)
2.20
7.32 (2.35)
8.31 (1.85)
1.69
Happy
8.12 (1.86)
9.04 (0.94)
2.56
Communicative
7.58 (2.14)
8.66 (1.16)
Herbert (48)
Calmness
5.83 (1.91)
6.83 (1.92)
0.11
Engaged
4.61 (2.13)
6.33 (2.08)
0.12
Responsivity
5.39 (1.97)
6.40 (1.95)
0.12
Happy
5.84 (2.13)
6.82 (1.89)
0.11
Communicative
4.89 (2.07)
5.90 (2.20)
0.12
Notes. Corrected baseline Tau-U statistic used; ; ; . Significance figures corrected for multiple imputation per participant using the Bonferroni correction, that is, () used as the highest level of significance reported.
