Health-related risky behaviors and their risk factors in adolescents with high-functioning autism

Table 4 Correlation coefficients between the Adolescents Health-related Risky Behavior Inventory scores and the results of demographic characteristics, Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire and Inventory of Subjective Life Quality for Child and Adolescent

Total scale/subscale	AV	HCB	US	SS	Total score of AHRBI
Residence	0.2361	0.3002	-0.132	0.151	0.2512
Father’s education background	0.031	-0.3442	0.2171	-0.173	-0.091
Mother’s education background	-0.115	-0.2391	0.143	-0.1951	-0.162
Family financial situation	-0.031	0.001	0.024	-0.008	0.003
Family relationship	0.1951	0.136	0.009	0.173	0.2241
ASSQ
Restricted and repetitive behavior	0.079	0.146	0.144	0.010	0.136
Social interactiondisorder	0.015	0.201	0.019	-0.005	0.093
Communicationbarriers	0.072	0.2521	0.128	-0.025	0.151
ISLQ
Cognitive subscale	-0.2331	-0.133	-0.027	-0.2381	-0.2501
Family life	-0.2331	-0.036	-0.013	-0.145	-0.181
Peer interaction	-0.128	-0.177	-0.095	-0.110	-0.181
School life	-0.2932	-0.2881	0.066	-0.2972	-0.3352
Life environment	-0.047	-0.063	-0.047	-0.038	-0.095
Self-cognition	-0.130	0.013	-0.030	-0.181	-0.110
Emotional subscale	-0.3812	-0.059	-0.131	-0.3542	-0.3542
Depression experience	-0.3152	-0.100	-0.107	-0.3302	-0.3152
Anxiety experience	-0.3272	-0.039	-0.112	-0.2851	-0.3012
Body emotion	-0.3452	0.058	-0.122	-0.2221	-0.2431

¹Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

²Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). AHRBI: Adolescent Health-related Risky Behavior Inventory; ASSQ: Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire; AV: Aggression and violence; HCB: Health compromising behavior; ISLQ: Inventory of Subjective Life Quality for Child and Adolescent; SS: Suicide and self-injury; US: Unprotected sex.