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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2019

Understanding the Reasons, Contexts and Costs of Camouflaging for Autistic Adults.

Eilidh Cage, Zoe Troxell-Whitman

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 217 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

217 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Autistic Traits and Camouflaging: A Meta-Analysis.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026
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  6. A comparison of methods for measuring camouflaging in autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2023
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  7. A Systematic Review of Passing as Non-autistic in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2021
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  13. Low Battery Alarm; A Scoping Review of Autistic Burnout.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026
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  15. Navigating Mixed-Neurotype Dialogue: Environmental and Affective Influences on Autistic Speakers.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Eilidh CageDepartment of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, TW20 0EX, Surrey, UK. Eilidh.cage@rhul.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6281-1632
Zoe Troxell-WhitmanDepartment of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, TW20 0EX, Surrey, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Camouflaging entails 'masking' in or 'passing' social situations. Research suggests camouflaging behaviours are common in autistic people, and may negatively impact mental health. To enhance understanding of camouflaging, this study examined reasons, contexts and costs of camouflaging. 262 autistic people completed measures of camouflaging behaviours, camouflaging contexts (e.g. work vs. family), camouflaging reasons (e.g. to make friends) and mental health symptoms. Findings indicated a gender difference in reasons for camouflaging, with autistic women more likely to endorse "conventional" reasons (e.g. getting by in formal settings such as work). Both camouflaging highly across contexts and 'switching' between camouflaging in some contexts but not in others, related to poorer mental health. These findings have implications for understanding camouflaging in autistic adults.

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Social BehaviorAdultAutistic DisorderFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedSex FactorsAutistic adultsCamouflagingGender differencesMental healthWellbeing

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PMID30627892
PMCPMC6483965

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