Brief report: large individual variation in outcomes of autistic children receiving low-intensity behavioral interventions in community settings

Table 3 Correlation between Predictor Variables and T1-T2 Behavior Improvement

	Improvement in children’s behaviors T1-T2							Reduction in mothers’ parenting stress T1-T2
	ADOS CSS	Total DQ	C-A DQ	L-S DQ	P-M DQ	CBCL Int	CBCL Ext	PSI Child	PSI Parent
ABA hours per week T1-T2	.27	.20	.19	−.12	.50**	−.15	−.15	.21	.39
TAU hours per week T1-T2	−.30	.12	.13	.25	−.13	.31	−.28	.27	.25
ABA + TAU hours per week T1-T2	−.07	.32	.30	.30	.31	.13	−.14	.41	.43 #
ABA cost per month T1-T2	.47^✝	−.37	−.31	−.55**	.21	−.11	−.41	−.22	.06
Chronological age at T1	.36	.32	.29	.14	.41	−.16	.15	.18	.34
ADOS CSS at T1	.21	−.01	.25	−.02	.20	−.00	.25	.07	−.03
Total KSPD DQ at T1	.18	−.44	−.48**	−.46*	−.30	.05	−.24	−.33	−.19
CBCL total at T1	.09	.17	.19	.24	−.00	−.30	.18	.36	.50*
PSI total at T1	−.15	−.08	−.20	.17	−.20	−.36	.31	.07	.32

**p < .05, *p = .053, ^✝ p = .064, ^# p = .075.
ADOS CSS, ADOS calibrated severity score. KSPD, Kyoto Scale Psychological Development Test. C-A, cognitive-adaptive; L-S, language-social; P-M, postural-motor. CBCL Int, internalizing; Ext, externalizing.

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