The relationship between communication skills, sensory difficulties, and anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder

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Table 1 Correlation between sensory characteristics and communication skills in ASD (n = 53)

Variables	Tactile sensitivity		Taste/smell sensitivity		Movement sensitivity		Under-responsive/seeks sensation		Auditory filtering		Low energy/weak		Visual/auditory sensitivity		Total
Variables	r	Sig	r	Sig	r	Sig	r	Sig	R	Sig	R	Sig	r	Sig	r	Sig
Speech	0.24	0.058	0.04	0.771	0.10	0.472	0.18	0.194	0.21	0.122	0.21	0.118	0.17	0.203	0.25	0.823
Syntax	0.05	0.755	0.11-	0.412	0.10-	0.440	0.00	0.973	0.02	0.856	0.17-	0.199	0.02	0.867	0.06-	0.694
Inappropriate initiation	0.21	0.169	− 0.01	0.945	0.06	0.633	0.20	0.152	0.21	0.117	**0.35	0.010	0.22-	0.112	0.20	0.478
Coherence	0.24	0.075	0.06	0.645	0.19	0.172	*0.31	0.024	**0.43	0.001	*0.28	0.043	0.18	0.197	**0.36	0.003
Stereotyped language	**0.35	0.009	0.03	0.796	0.19	0.158	**0.37	0.006	0.13	0.331	*0.33	0.015	0.03	0.793	*0.33	0.042
Use of context	*0.30	0.026	0.18-	0.192	0.11	0.431	*0.29	0.031	0.18	0.188	0.22	0.105	0.12	0.364	0.24	0.521
Rapport	0.16	0.238	0.01	0.898	0.18	0.192	*0.33	0.016	**0.41	0.002	0.25	0.064	0.12	0.374	*0.31	0.032
Social relationships	**0.49	0.000	0.29*	0.032	**0.47	0.000	**0.51	0.000	**0.38	0.004	**0.47	0.000	**0.38	0.004	**0.62	0.001
Interests	0.27*	0.046	0.24	0.076	0.29*	0.034	**0.54	0.000	**0.43	0.001	**0.40	0.003	0.22	0.174	**0.51	0.002
PCS	**0.36	0.004	0.01	0.924	0.19	0.385	*0.39	0.041	*0.34	0.021	**0.38	0.000	0.06	0.832	**0.38	0.002
Total score of communication	**0.42	0.001	0.07	0.765	0.26	0.835	**0.46	0.001	**0.40	0.002	**0.41	0.000	0.18	0.573	**0.48	0.000