ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2022
Camouflaging Intent, First Impressions, and Age of ASC Diagnosis in Autistic Men and Women.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- A meta-analytic review of quantification methods for camouflaging behaviors in autistic and neurotypical individuals.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- First Impressions Towards Autistic People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Pooled it
- Is There a Bias Towards Males in the Diagnosis of Autism? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Neuropsychology review · 2025Pooled it
- "I Try to Act Like a Neurotypical so it Makes Customers More Comfortable": A Mixed Methods Analysis of Autistic Camouflaging at Work.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- A Cross-Neurotype Analysis of Camouflaging and Illness Perceptions in People with Central Sensitivity Syndromes.Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
- Are we Missing Character in Strengths-Based Approaches to Coaching and Therapy for Autistic People?Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
- Does Ongoing Task Load Influence Prospective Remembering in Autism Spectrum Disorders?Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Article
- Camouflaging and autism: Conceptualisation and methodological issues.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Review
- Development and pilot evaluation of the Children's Masking Questionnaire.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Understanding Autism as a Condition in Mental Health Clinical Practice: Clinical Perspectives from a Youth Early Psychosis Service.Community mental health journal · 2025Article
- The influence of interpersonal synchrony and autism on impressions of dyadic interactions: a preregistered study.Molecular autism · 2025Article
- Social first impressions and perceived gender in autistic and non-autistic youth.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Validation of the camouflaging autistic traits questionnaire short form (CATQ-SF).Comprehensive psychiatry · 2024Article
- Spontaneous instrumental approach-avoidance learning in social contexts in autism.Molecular autism · 2024Article
- What You Are Hiding Could Be Hurting You: Autistic Masking in Relation to Mental Health, Interpersonal Trauma, Authenticity, and Self-Esteem.Autism in adulthood · 2024Article
- High Autistic Traits or Low Social Competence? Correlates of Social Camouflaging in Non-Autistic Adults.Autism in adulthood · 2024Article
- Sex modulation of faces prediction error in the autistic brain.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Shining a Light on a Hidden Population: Social Functioning and Mental Health in Women Reporting Autistic Traits But Lacking Diagnosis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- Camouflage and masking behavior in adult autism.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Brief Report: Does Autistic Community Connectedness Moderate the Relationship Between Masking and Wellbeing?Autism in adulthood · 2022Article
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Abstract
Camouflaging of autistic traits may make autism harder to diagnose. The current study evaluated the relations between camouflaging intent, first impressions, and age of autism diagnosis. Participants comprised autistic and non-autistic adults (n = 80, 50% female) who completed the Camouflaging of Autistic Traits Questionnaire. They were later video-recorded having a conversation with a person unaware of their diagnostic status. Ten-second clips from half these videos were later shown to 127 non-autistic peers, who rated their first impressions of each participant. Results showed that autistic participants were rated more poorly on first impressions, males were rated less favourably than females, and male raters were particularly harsh in their evaluations of autistic males. Camouflaging intent did not predict first impressions but better first impressions were linked with a later age of diagnosis.
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