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Table 4 Functional network characteristics (Mean, SD) of the ID, ASD and REF groups compared
Comparison of Social Networks
ID
ASD
REF
F
p
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Affection
Family Acquaintances Professionals
Connection Family Acquaintances Professionals
Preference Family Acquaintances Professionals
Practical/Informational Family Acquaintances Professionals
3.93 0.7 3.80 0.6 4.00 0.8
2.91 0.8 3.32 0.8 2.35 1.1
4.09 0.6 4.00 0.6 3.90 0.8
3.63 0.8 3.75 1.0 4.30 0.8
4.16 0.7 4.02 0.8 4.11 0.9
3.06 0.8 3.55 0.7 3.00 1.5
4.04 0.7 3.99 0.7 3.94 0.7
3.73 0.9 3.22 0.9 4.33 0.8
4.33 0.4 3.90 0.6 3.08 1.0
3.35 0.6 3.65 0.6 2.71 1.0
4.27 0.5 4.04 0.6 3.09 1.1
3.87 0.7 3.73 0.7 3.84 0.9
3.827 .025 0.754 .473 7.328 .001
3.484 .034 2.188 .118 1.417 .251
1.530 .221 0.070 .932 5.672 .005
0.807 .449
3.960 .022 4 2.074 .134
4.3.3 Satisfaction and wishes with respect to the social networks
Satisfaction
In Table 5, the degrees of satisfaction of the participants with respect to their social networks in general, but also regarding the family, acquaintances and professionals in their social networks in particular, are presented. From the five-point scale, scores of 1 and 2 were summed as indicators of ‘‘dissatisfied’’ and the same was done for scores 4 and 5 as indicators of ‘‘satisfied’’. As can be seen in Table 5 the satisfaction scores regarding the total network and the network of acquaintances were differently distributed between the three groups. Further analyses showed that for the total network all groups differed from each other: participants of the REF group were significantly more often satisfied; participants with ID or ASD more often neutral and this latter group was also more often dissatisfied. Moreover, with respect to the satisfaction with the network of acquaintances, participants with ASD reported more often to be neutral or dissatisfied and less often to be satisfied compared to participants of the REF group.
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