SynthesisClinical child and family psychology review2021
A Systematic Review of Passing as Non-autistic in Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- Autistic Traits and Camouflaging: A Meta-Analysis.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Pooled it
- Experiences of females on the autism spectrum through the perspective of minority stress theory: a review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Assessing Camouflaging in Adolescence: Psychometric Evaluation of the German Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q/DE).Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Untangling Sex and Gender Differences in Impression Management and Associated Autism Features in French Autistic Adults.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
- Stigmatization of neurodivergence in the workplace.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Intentional use and self-efficacy as distinct facets of impression management and their relationships with socio-motivational, cognitive, and mental health factors.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Social Anxiety Does Not Increase Reports of Camouflaging Behavior in Autistic Adults: Results From an Exploratory Study.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025Article
- Self-reported masking in sexual minority and heterosexual autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Automatic and affective processing of faces as mechanisms of passing as non-autistic in adolescence.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exploring the construct validity of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire: A factor analytic study.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Examining the Process and Impact of Social Problem Solving in Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Oxytocin in autism: Rethinking treatment and research through a neurodivergent perspective.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- Self- and Informant Report in a First-Time Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adulthood: the Role of Females.Advances in neurodevelopmental disorders · 2024Article
- Camouflaging, internalized stigma, and mental health in the general population.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2024Article
- Validation of the camouflaging autistic traits questionnaire short form (CATQ-SF).Comprehensive psychiatry · 2024Article
- Double-Edged Effects of Social Strategies on the Well-Being of Autistic People: Impact of Self-Perceived Effort and Efficacy.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- An Examination of Perceived Stress and Emotion Regulation Challenges as Mediators of Associations Between Camouflaging and Internalizing Symptomatology.Autism in adulthood · 2024Article
- Diagnosing Autism in Adults: Clinically Focused Recommendations.Journal of health service psychology · 2024Article
- The relationship between camouflaging and mental health: Are there differences among subgroups in autistic adults?Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
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Abstract
While long described in anecdotal accounts of the lived experiences of autistic individuals, the phenomenon of behaving in ways that appear inconsistent with the presence of autism (or passing as non-autistic; PAN) has recently seen a dramatic increase in scrutiny in the published scientific literature. Increased research attention has coincided with a proliferation of methods, definitions, measures, and population assumptions associated with PAN. To date, however, no review has sought to systematically identify and synthesize the literature on PAN. This systematic review reflects the state of the PAN literature as of May 2020. Ninety articles were screened, 66 were identified for evaluation, and 46 met inclusion criteria and were reliably coded for study characteristics and participant characteristics. Results reveal that the PAN literature includes a relatively even mix of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method studies, and that a variety of terms are used for PAN (with masking and camouflage being the most frequent). Sample sizes varied widely (from one to 832 participants), with 63.06% of participants being categorized as autistic. Nearly all studies reported methods for confirming autism diagnoses, with community and clinical diagnoses being most common. The majority of studies reported participant gender, with slightly more females included than males on average, but fewer than half of all studies compared PAN across genders. Nearly all studies reported participant age, demonstrating a wide range of 2 to 79 years, with a mean age of 23.85. Conversely, only 23.91% of studies provided participant race or ethnicity data. Nearly all studies formally or informally excluded participants with intellectual disability. Finally, measures of internalizing symptoms, which are often thought to be linked to PAN, were reported in only 17.4% of studies. Implications for gaps in understanding of PAN and future directions for the field are discussed.
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