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Table 2 Correlation between sensory characteristics and anxiety in ASD (n = 53)

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

Variables

Tactile sensitivity

Taste/smell sensitivity

Movement sensitivity

Under-responsive/seeks

sensation

Auditory filtering

Low energy/weak

Visual/auditory sensitivity

Total

r

Sig

r

Sig

r

Sig

r

Sig

R

Sig

R

Sig

r

Sig

r

Sig

Panic with agoraphobia

**− 0.44

0.001

**0.48-

0.000

**0.65-

0.000

**0.51-

0.000

**0.36-

0.008

**0.51-

0.000

**0.59-

0.000

**0.71-

0.000

Separation anxiety

**0.41-

0.002

**0.51-

0.000

**0.45-

0.001

**0.37-

0.007

0.19-

0.183

**0.48-

0.000

**0.46-

0.001

**0.59-

0.001

Fear of physical injury

**0.62-

0.000

**0.42-

0.002

**0.74-

0.000

**0.35-

0.010

0.07-

0.615

**0.48-

0.000

**0.53-

0.000

**0.65-

0.000

Social phobia

*0.28-

0.043

**0.43-

0.001

**0.45-

0.001

**0.41-

0.003

*0.33-

0.015

**0.44-

0.001

**0.47-

0.000

**0.57-

0.000

Obsessive–compulsive

*0.35-

0.010

 − 0.26

0.55

*0.34-

0.012

**0.52-

0.000

0.23-

0.098

**0.46-

0.000

**0.41-

0.002

**0.55-

0.001

Generalized anxiety disorder

**0.48-

0.000

**0.39-

0.004

**0.63-

0.000

**0.58-

0.000

*0.29-

0.037

**0.54-

0.000

**0.67-

0.000

**0.72-

0.000

Overall Anxiety Score

**0.56-

0.001

**0.55-

0.000

**0.71-

0.000

**0.58-

0.000

*0.31-

0.021

**0.62-

0.000

**0.67-

0.000

**0.81-

0.000

  1. *p < 0.05
  2. **p < 0.001