Anxiety-like behavior in Rett syndrome: characteristics and assessment by anxiety scales

Table 7 Correlations between anxiety subscales and Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS-II) standard scores in RTT

		RSBQ General Mood	RSBQ Fear/Anxiety	ADAMS Social Avoidance	ADAMS General Anxiety	ABC Irritability	ABC Lethargy/Social Withdrawal	ABC Social Avoidance
Communication	Corr. coeff.	−0.075	0.030	−0.242	0.087	−0.017	−0.133	−0.151
	Sig.	0.637	0.853	0.122	0.585	0.916	0.401	0.340
	N	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Daily Living Skills	Corr. coeff.	0.011	0.086	−0.158	−0.020	−0.124	−0.255	−0.223
	Sig.	0.944	0.589	0.319	0.897	0.436	0.104	0.156
	N	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Socialization	Corr. coeff.	−0.205	−0.182	−0.107	−0.141	−0.186	−0.189	−0.207
	Sig.	0.193	0.248	0.499	0.374	0.239	0.231	0.189
	N	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Motor Skills	Corr. coeff.	0.344*	0.218	0.074	0.312*	0.385**	0.087	0.140
	Sig.	0.026	0.166	0.642	0.044	0.012	0.582	0.376
	N	42	42	42	42	42	42	42

Two-tailed Spearman’s rho, adjusted for multiple comparisons with Bonferroni corrections for the four Vineland-II domains (p = 0.05/4, adjusted alpha 0.0125).
*p = 0.0125–0.05 (trend); **p < 0.0125 (significant)

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