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Table 5 Scores and statistics for affect, repetitive behaviour, activity level and autism phenomenology for participants with and without self-injury at T2

From: Persistence of self-injurious behaviour in autism spectrum disorder over 3 years: a prospective cohort study of risk markers

Measure subscale

Median scores (interquartile range)

Mann-Whitney U score

P valuea

Cliff’s d

With self-injury (N = 28)

Without self-injury (N = 39)

MIPQ-S

     

 Mood

18.91 (15.25–21.00)

21.00 (18.00–23.00)

401.00

0.032

0.27

 Interest and pleasure

13.50 (10.00–16.75)

17.00 (12.00–19.00)

420.00

0.054

RBQ

     

 Stereotyped behaviour

8.00 (6.00–11.75)

5.00 (2.00–9.00)

720.50

0.013

0.32

 Compulsive behaviour

8.50 (4.50–12.75)

4.00 (1.00–8.00)

748.50

0.005

0.37

 Insistence on sameness

4.00 (2.25–8.00)

3.00 (0.00–6.00)

680.00

0.043

0.25

 Restricted preferencesb

6.00 (2.00–8.00)

5.00 (2.00–7.00)

426.50

0.331

 Repetitive languageb

7.00 (3.50–9.00)

4.00 (0.00–8.00)

496.50

0.060

TAQ

     

 Overactivity

22.43 (13.00–30.75)

14.00 (6.00–21.00)

759.00

0.004

0.39

 Impulsivity

20.50 (16.00–22.00)

16.00 (9.00–19.00)

745.00

0.006

0.36

 Impulsive speechb

3.00 (1.00–8.50)

5.00 (2.00–6.00)

383.50

0.403

SCQ

     

 Communication

8.00 (6.00–9.75)

7.00 (6.00–9.00)

631.00

0.097

 Social Interaction

7.00 (5.00–7.00)

5.00 (3.00–6.00)

814.50

<0.001

0.49

 Repetitive behaviour

9.50 (7.00–12.00)

5.00 (3.00–9.00)

825.00

<0.001

0.51

  1. aText in italics indicates a significant difference (p < 0.05, one tailed); variables for which significant differences at p < 0.05 were obtained at T1 are in bold
  2. bSubscales only calculated for verbal participants