Examining associations between anxiety and cortisol in high functioning male children with autism

Table 2 Anxiety measures (IQ controlled)

Measure	Autism N	Autism mean	Autism SD	Typical N	Typical mean	Typical SD	F	P value	Eta²	Power
Playground state	19	30.79	6.99	21	26.52	5.13	0.55	0.46	0.114	0.579
Playground trait	19	38.95	8.55	21	30.29	4.74	15.43	<0.001	0.298	0.974
Mock MRI state	11	28.50	7.00	15	26.94	6.04	0.16	0.69	0.015	0.094
Mock MRI trait	11	37.50	8.92	15	28.31	6.72	6.55	0.017	0.272	0.850
TSST-C state	13	32.00	351	16	31.06	4.80	0.259	0.615	0.013	0.088
TSST-C trait	13	38.77	4.94	16	32.13	5.61	2.02	0.17	0.293	0.897
MASC total	19	59.61	13.76	21	47.86	8.59	6.80	0.01	0.223	0.895

MASC Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, TSST-C Trier Social Stress Test - Child Version.

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