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

Khaledi, Hekmat; Aghaz, Alireza; Mohammadi, Alireza; Dadgar, Hooshang; Meftahi, Gholam Hossein

doi:10.1186/s43045-022-00236-7

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Correlation between patterns of sensory processing with communication skills and anxiety subscales in ASD children (n = 53)

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

Variables	Low registration		Sensation sensitivity		Sensation avoiding		Sensation seeking		Hyporesponsiveness		Hyperresponsiveness
Variables	r	Sig	r	Sig	r	Sig	r	Sig	r	Sig	R	Sig
Panic with agoraphobia	− 0.52**	0.000	− 0.73**	0.000	− 0.53**	0.000	− 0.53**	0.000	− 0.61**	0.000	− 0.70**	0.000
Separation anxiety	− 0.39**	0.004	− 0.59**	0.000	− 0.51**	0.000	− 0.41**	0.002	− 0.47**	0.000	− 0.61**	0.000
Fear of physical injury	− 0.40**	0.003	− 0.65**	0.000	− 0.68**	0.000	− 0.32*	0.021	− 0.43**	0.001	− 0.73**	0.000
Social phobia	− 0.46**	0.001	− 0.55**	0.000	− 0.44**	0.001	− 0.37**	0.006	− 0.50**	0.000	− 0.54**	0.000
Obsessive–compulsive	− 0.45**	0.001	− 0.49**	0.000	− 0.32*	0.021	− 0.55**	0.000	− 0.57**	0.000	− 0.44**	0.001
Generalized anxiety disorder	− 0.48**	0.000	− 0.76**	0.000	− 0.48**	0.000	− 0.66**	0.000	− 0.64**	0.000	− 0.69**	0.000
Overall Anxiety Score	− 0.82**	0.000	− 0.91**	0.000	− 0.79**	0.000	− 0.70**	0.000	− 0.69**	0.000	− 0.80**	0.000
Speech	0.24	0.082	0.31*	0.024	0.12	0.391	0.12	0.385	0.23	0.103	0.24	0.086
Syntax	− 0.17	0.208	0.01	0.897	− 0.08	0.558	0.08	0.541	− 0.09	0.542	− 0.03	0.809
Inappropriate initiation	0.41**	0.002	0.09	0.516	0.03	0.808	0.10	0.472	0.34*	0.014	0.07	0.620
Coherence	0.36**	0.007	0.37**	0.007	0.17	0.221	0.25	0.065	0.38**	0.006	0.30*	0.031
Stereotyped language	0.36**	0.009	0.24	0.089	0.13	0.357	0.38**	0.006	0.43**	0.002	0.20	0.143
Use of context	0.26	0.058	0.22	0.115	0.01	0.912	0.33*	0.016	0.34*	0.014	0.13	0.349
Rapport	0.44**	0.001	0.22	0.106	0.09	0.518	0.26	0.056	0.43**	0.001	0.17	0.211
Social relationships	0.45**	0.001	0.69**	0.000	0.34*	0.014	0.58**	0.000	0.58**	0.000	0.57**	0.000
Interests	0.51**	0.000	0.39**	0.004	0.31*	0.026	0.46**	0.001	0.57**	0.000	0.38**	0.005
PCS	0.47**	0.000	0.30*	0.032	0.12	0.378	0.35*	0.011	0.50**	0.000	0.23	0.094
Total score of communication	0.49**	0.000	0.45**	0.001	0.20	0.467	0.44**	0.003	0.55**	0.000	0.36**	0.000

PCS Pragmatic Composite Score
^*p < 0.05
^**p < 0.001

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