Executive Functions and Adaptive Behaviour in Autism Spectrum Disorders with and without Intellectual Disability

Table 6

Correlations between adaptive and executive functioning in the experimental and control groups (ANCOVA—partial correlation coefficients) and 𝑟 values comparison.

	ASD		Controls		Comparison 𝑟 values
	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃	𝑃
VABS: CPM	0.72	.00007	0.54	.0026	ns
VABS: Tower of London	0.69	.00018	0.41	.025	ns
VABS: Clock test	0.62	.0013	0.59	.0007	ns
VABS: category fluency	0.49	.013	0.39	.038	ns
VABS: phonemic fluency	0.57	.0036	0.48	.0085	ns
VABS: Go-no-Go	0.43	.036	0.11	ns	ns
VABS: WCST perseverative responses %	−0.42	.039	−0.58	ns	ns (.08)
VABS: WCST perseverative errors %	−0.48	.019	−0.09	ns	ns (.06)
VABS: BRIEF global executive composite	0.005	ns	0.17	ns	ns