From: Personality as a mediator of autistic traits and internalizing symptoms in two community samples
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Males n = 36 | Females n = 65 | Group Statistics | p | Males n = 160 | Females n = 210 | Group Statistics | p | |
Age | 20.69 ± 4.04 | 19.54 ± 2.67 | t(99) = − 1.73 | 0.09 | 37.66 ± 11.40 | 39.19 ± 11.84 | t(368) = 1.25 | 0.21 |
Neuroticism | 49.53 ± 11.58 | 59.22 ± 9.85 | t(99) = 4.44 |  < 0.0001* | 45.69 ± 14.31 | 51.98 ± 15.06 | t(368) = 4.07 |  < 0.0001* |
Extraversion | 51.97 ± 9.68 | 54.15 ± 11.76 | t(99) = 0.95 | 0.35 | 49.59 ± 14.38 | 44.82 ± 14.15 | t(368) = − 3.19 | 0.002* |
Openness | 51.06 ± 9.21 | 53.40 ± 10.30 | t(99) = 1.14 | 0.26 | 55.05 ± 11.51 | 56.90 ± 12.32 | t(368) = 1.47 | 0.14 |
Agreeableness | 49.67 ± 11.52 | 52.42 ± 10.03 | t(99) = 1.25 | 0.21 | 48.86 ± 14.41 | 53.69 ± 14.18 | t(368) = 3.22 | 0.001* |
Conscientiousness | 47.25 ± 9.46 | 48.49 ± 11.14 | t(99) = 0.57 | 0.57 | 53.97 ± 11.25 | 52.54 ± 12.28 | t(368) = − 1.15 | 0.25 |
DASS-Depression | 7.56 ± 10.17 | 9.88 ± 10.59 | t(99) = 1.07 | 0.29 | 6.95 ± 10.47 | 7.73 ± 9.82 | t(368) = 0.74 | 0.46 |
DASS-Anxiety | 7.83 ± 8.58 | 11.02 ± 8.67 | t(99) = 1.77 | 0.08 | 3.83 ± 6.09 | 5.34 ± 6.98 | t(368) = 2.19 | 0.03* |
DASS-Stress | 10.47 ± 10.66 | 13.43 ± 8.55 | t(99) = 1.52 | 0.13 | 7.46 ± 8.08 | 9.72 ± 8.85 | t(368) = 2.56 | 0.01* |
SRS | 55.14 ± 8.24 | 55.18 ± 8.15 | t(99) = 0.03 | 0.98 | 53.56 ± 10.28 | 54.31 ± 10.69 | t(368) = 0.68 | 0.50 |