Table 1 Sample characteristics and groups comparisons
From: Personality as a mediator of autistic traits and internalizing symptoms in two community samples
|  | Student N = 101 | MTurk N = 371 | Group Statistics | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 19.95 ± 3.25 | 38.49 ± 11.67 | t(470) = 15.79 |  < 0.0001* |
Gender (M/F) | 36/65 | 160/210^ | χ2(2) = 2.16 | 0.34 |
Race (C/AA/A/O/NR) | 83/10/3/4/1 | 315/30/22/1/3 | χ2(5) = 13.72 | 0.02* |
Ethnicity (H/NH/NR) | 12/84/5 | 26/341/4 | χ2(2) = 9.26 | 0.01* |
Abbreviated Raven’s IQ (percentile) | 30.43 ± 21.32 | 38.18 ± 23.98 | t(470) = 2.95 | 0.003* |
Neuroticism (T score) | 55.76 ± 11.44 | 49.33 ± 15.08 | t(470) = − 3.99 |  < 0.0001* |
Extraversion (T score) | 53.38 ± 11.07 | 46.92 ± 14.43 | t(470) = − 4.17 |  < 0.0001* |
Openness (T score) | 52.56 ± 9.94 | 56.15 ± 12.02 | t(470) = 2.75 | 0.01* |
Agreeableness (T score) | 51.44 ± 10.61 | 51.59 ± 14.44 | t(470) = 0.10 | 0.92 |
Conscientiousness (T score) | 48.05 ± 10.54 | 53.10 ± 11.89 | t(470) = 3.88 |  < 0.0001* |
DASS-Depression | 9.05 ± 10.45 | 7.42 ± 10.10 | t(470) = − 1.42 | 0.16 |
DASS-Anxiety | 9.88 ± 8.73 | 4.70 ± 6.64 | t(470) = − 6.48 |  < 0.0001* |
DASS-Stress | 12.38 ± 9.41 | 8.75 ± 8.58 | t(470) = − 3.68 |  < 0.0001* |
SRS Total (T score) | 55.17 ± 8.15 | 53.99 ± 10.50 | t(470) = − 1.05 | 0.30 |