Increasing the Understanding and Demonstration of Appropriate Affection in Children with Asperger Syndrome: A Pilot Trial

Table 2

Means scores on the AOQ by testing time.

Measure	Means
	Pre-		Post-		Followup
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
AOQ total	68.67	(25.46)	84.91**	(17.31)	83.43	(16.63)
AOQ—Giving Affection	25.67	(9.33)	33.00**	(7.18)	31.86	(7.58)
AOQ—Receiving Affection	29.14	(12.76)	34.43	(7.16)	33.95	(6.40)
AOQ—Comm. Empathy	13.86	(5.84)	17.48*	(4.52)	17.62	(4.30)

* Significantly higher than preintervention score at 𝑃<.006.
** Significantly higher than preintervention score at 𝑃<.001.