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

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 3 Correlation between anxiety and communication skills in ASD (n = 53)

Variables	Panic with agoraphobia		Separation anxiety		Fear of physical injury		Social phobia		Obsessive–compulsive		Generalized anxiety disorder		Overall anxiety score
Variables	r	Sig	r	Sig	r	Sig	R	Sig	R	Sig	r	Sig	r	Sig
Speech	0.04-	0.764	0.23-	0.088	0.06-	0.651	0.23-	0.087	0.14-	0.287	0.16-	0.253	0.18-	0.067
Syntax	0.06	0.633	0.00	0.956	0.14	0.312	0.02-	0.835	0.21-	0.125	0.10-	0.451	0.01-	0.655
Inappropriate initiation	0.02	0.860	− 0.07	0.590	− 0.14	0.318	− 0.06	0.625	*0.35-	0.011	0.02	0.876	0.10-	0.135
Coherence	− 0.20	0.142	0.00	0.960	− 0.23	0.090	*0.27-	0.046	− 0.19	0.172	− 0.22	0.110	− 0.22	0.467
Stereotyped language	− 0.26	0.058	− 0.11	0.460	0.26-	0.057	*0.35-	0.011	**0.45-	0.001	0.25-	0.071	*0.34-	0.016
Use of context	− 0.24	0.079	0.04	0.745	− 0.18	0.194	− 0.13	0.335	**0.53-	0.000	**0.37-	0.006	0.28*-	0.034
Rapport	*0.30-	0.030	0.16-	0.251	0.09-	0.491	0.19-	0.159	**0.46-	0.001	− 0.25	0.061	*0.31-	0.021
Social relationships	**0.52-	0.000	**0.36-	0.009	**0.44-	0.001	*0.27-	0.045	**0.53-	0.000	**0.65-	0.000	**0.60-	0.000
Interests	0.29*-	0.034	− 0.19	0.175	− 0.19	0.155	*0.28-	0.45	**0.47-	0.000	**0.43-	0.001	0.38-	0.000
PCS	0.27-	0.053	0.09-	0.505	− 0.26	0.061	0.26-	0.059	**0.53-	0.000	0.27*-	0.048	*0.34-	0.025
Total score of communication	*0.32-	0.036	0.20-	0.324	− 0.28*	0.041	*0.31-	0.024	**0.56-	0.001	**0.41-	0.002	**0.43-	0.000