Table 2 SSPA subscales performance
| Â | Performance mean % (SD) | Groups comparisons | Post-Hoc analyses | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TD-22q11DS | TD-ASD | 22q11DS-ASD | |||||||||||||
TD | 22q11DS | ASD | Kruskal–Wallis test | p-value | η2 | Test statistic | p-value | adjusted p-value | Test statistic | p-value | adjusted p-value | Test statistic | p-value | adjusted p-value | |
SSPA total non-verbal communication and affect (RP 1 + 2) | 8.84 (1.37) | 6.70 (1.96) | 6.29 (1.69) | 56.564 | .000 | 0.369 | 48.940 | .000 | .000 | 59.028 | .000 | .000 | 10.087 | .287 | .861 |
SSPA total clarity (RP 1 + 2) | 9.62 (.68) | 8.42 (1.25) | 7.44 (2.06) | 48.855 | .000 | 0.317 | 40.641 | .000 | .000 | 55.761 | .000 | .000 | 15.120 | .098 | .295 |
SSPA total fluency (RP 1 + 2) | 9.41 (.97) | 7.40 (1.52) | 6.91 (2.08) | 61.722 | .000 | 0.404 | 53.094 | .000 | .000 | 58.138 | .000 | .000 | 5.044 | .591 | 1.000 |
SSPA total focus (RP 1 + 2) | 9.28 (1.16) | 8.25 (1.52) | 8.15 (2.07) | 21.609 | .000 | 0.132 | 33.995 | .000 | .000 | 28.059 | .002 | .005 | -5.936 | .518 | 1.000 |
SSPA total involvement (RP 1 + 2) | 8.84 (1.12) | 7.32 (1.52) | 7.15 (1.79) | 40.114 | .000 | 0.258 | 43.719 | .000 | .000 | 46.072 | .000 | .000 | 2.353 | .250 | 1.000 |
SSPA total social adequacy (RP 1 + 2) | 8.83 (1.13) | 8.06 (1.66) | 6.94 (1.68) | 29.940 | .000 | 0.189 | 20.813 | .009 | .026 | 49.475 | .000 | .000 | 28.661 | .002 | .007 |
SSPA overall conversation (RP 1) | 4.34 (.88) | 3.21 (.948) | 2.82 (.716) | 58.865 | .000 | 0.384 | 45.610 | .000 | .000 | 61.409 | .000 | .000 | 15.800 | .097 | .262 |
SSPA overall argument (RP 2) | 4.23 (.729) | 3.04 (1.96) | 3.27 (1.13) | 46.061 | .000 | 0.298 | 50.286 | .000 | .000 | 38.805 | .000 | .000 | -11.481 | .214 | .642 |
SSPA negociation ability (RP 2) | 4.23 (.88) | 3.11 (.87) | 3.36 (1.05) | 37.702 | .000 | 0.241 | 45.930 | .000 | .000 | 34.578 | .000 | .000 | -11.352 | .221 | .664 |
SSPA submission/persistence (RP 2) | 4.58 (.66) | 3.62 (.90) | 3.85 (1.37) | 31.743 | .000 | 0.201 | 42.442 | .000 | .000 | 23.810 | .006 | .019 | -18.632 | .039 | .118 |