Correction to: Sleep Quality in Autism from Adolescence to Old Age by Jovevska S,et al. Autism Adulthood 2020;2(2):152–162;DOI: 10.1089/aut.2019.0034

In the June 2019 issue of Autism in Adulthood (vol. 2, no. 2; 152–162), there were errors in reporting some statistics in the article entitled Sleep Quality in Autism from Adolescence to Old Age by Jovevska S, Richdale AL, Lawson LP, Arnold SRC, and Trollor JN.

First, in the table of correlations (Table 5) on page 158, a significant correlation with sex was omitted. Sex was also significantly correlated with sleep onset latency in the ASD group r (282) = .156, p < .01.

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Table 5.

Correlations Between Sleep Variables and AQ-Short, Sex, Demographic, Mental Health, and Medication

Variable	Sleep quality		SoL		Total night sleep
	Comparison group	Autistic group	Comparison group	Autistic group	Comparison group	Autistic group
AQ-short	0.260 a	0.245 a	—	—	−0.152 b	−0.154 c
	(n = 211)	(n = 269)			(n = 222)	(n = 281)
Sex	—	0.297 a	—	0.156 c (n = 282)	—	—
		(n = 268)
Employed	0.189 c	—	0.147 b	—	—	0.164 c
	(n = 209)		(n = 219)			(n = 254)
Mental health condition	−0.408 a	−0.310 a	−0.209 c	−0.195 a	0.136 b	—
	(n = 212)	(n = 272)	(n = 223)	(n = 287)	(n = 222)
Medication	−0.229 c	−0.292 a	—	−0.132 b	—	—
	(n = 218)	(n = 276)		(n = 291)

Only significant correlations are reported.

a

p ≤ 0.001.

b

p < 0.05.

c

p ≤ 0.01.

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Table 5.

Correlations Between Sleep Variables and AQ-Short, Sex, Demographic, Mental Health, and Medication

Variable	Sleep quality		SoL		Total night sleep
	Comparison group	Autistic group	Comparison group	Autistic group	Comparison group	Autistic group
AQ-short	0.268 a	0.245 a	—	—	−0.152 b	−0.154 c
	(n = 211)	(n = 269)			(n = 222)	(n = 281)
Sex	—	0.297 a	—	—	—	—
		(n = 268)
Employed	0.189 c	—	0.147 b	—	—	0.164 c
	(n = 209)		(n = 219)			(n = 254)
Mental health condition	−0.408 a	−0.310 a	−0.209 c	−0.195 a	0.136 b	—
	(n = 212)	(n = 272)	(n = 223)	(n = 287)	(n = 222)
Medication	−0.229 c	−0.292 a	—	−0.132 b	—	—
	(n = 218)	(n = 276)		(n = 291)

Only significant correlations are reported.

a

p ≤ 0.001.

b

p < 0.05.

c

p ≤ 0.01.

Original Table 5

Corrected Table 5

Second, on page 157, correlations were reported between sex and mental health problems and sex and medication. This is incorrect as these are both dichotomous variables.

“In the autistic group, sex was also associated with AQ-short, r (n = 294) = 0.179, p = 0.002; mental health condition, r (n = 187) = -0.394, p < 0.001; and medication, r (n = 187) = -0.266, p < 0.001.”

The correct statistics are:

“In the autistic group, sex was also associated with AQ-short, r (n = 294) = 0.179, p = 0.002; mental health condition, χ² (1) = 4.973, p = 0.026, ϕ = -0.146 and medication, χ² (1) = 5.062, p = 0.024, ϕ = -0.146.”

The online version has been corrected to reflect this. The authors apologize for these errors, which did not affect the interpretations made.