Caregiver-child interaction as an effective tool for identifying autism spectrum disorder: evidence from EEG analysis

Table 4 Results of correlation analyses in full sample

	Alpha PSD		Theta PSD
	Partial Pearson correlation, controlled for sex	Partial Pearson correlation, controlled for sex and Verbal IQ	Partial Pearson correlation, controlled for sex	Partial Pearson correlation, controlled for sex and Verbal IQ
SIC
r	-0.493^a	-0.414^a	-0.450^a	-0.410^a
p	< 0.001	0.001	< 0.001	0.002
IT
r	-0.476 ^a	-0.419 ^a	-0.474 ^a	-0.401 ^a
p	< 0.001	0.001	< 0.001	0.002
RSC
r	-0.327 ^a	-0.200	-0.331 ^a	-0.194
p	0.002	0.137	0.002	0.148
CIS
r	-0.376^a	-0.269	-0.348^a	-0.279
p	< 0.001	0.043	0.001	0.035
GIS
r	0.419 ^a	0.404 ^a	0.356 ^a	0.357
p	< 0.001	0.002	0.001	0.006

Notes: r presented as Pearson’s correlation coefficients, p, p value. Abbreviations: PSD, Power Spectral Density; IQ, Intelligence Quotient; SIC, Social involvement of the child; IT, Interaction Time; RSC, Response of children to Social Cues; GIS, Caregiver Initiated Social interaction; CIS, Children Initiated Social interactions. ^a, Bonferroni’s correction for multiple correlations: p < 0.005

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