Autism through midlife: trajectories of symptoms, behavioral functioning, and health

Table 2 Bivariate Correlations of Study Variables at Time 1

	ADI-R Social	ADI-R verbal	ADI-R Non-verbal	ADI-R Behavior	WADL	SIB-R	Times with friends	Self-Rated Health	# Psy meds	# non-Psy meds	Adult’s age
ADI-R Social	1.000
ADI-R verbal	0.568***	1.000
ADI-R Non-verbal	0.467***	0.755***	1.000
ADI-R Behavior	0.129*	0.307***	0.025	1.000
WADL	-0.402***	-0.280***	-0.239***	-0.059	1.000
SIB-R	0.167**	0.159**	-0.013	0.303***	-0.305***	1.000
Times with friends	-0.279***	-0.116	-0.114*	-0.024	0.279***	-0.081	1.000
SRH	-0.065	-0.023	0.043	-0.102*	0.033	-0.117*	0.012	1.000
# Psy meds	0.075	0.012	-0.019	0.091	-0.110*	0.212***	-0.142**	-0.093	1.000
# non-Psy meds	0.067	0.047	0.047	-0.023	-0.198***	0.076	-0.040	-0.115*	0.197***	1.000
Adult’s age	0.200***	0.162**	0.244***	-0.156**	0.158**	-0.278***	0.023	-0.052	0.081	0.113*	1.000

ADI-R Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised, W-ADL Waisman Activities of Daily Living Scale, SIB-R Scales of Independent Behaviors-Revised. SRH Self -Rated Health, Psy Psychotropic
^* p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001

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