ArticleAutism in adulthood2020
Understanding the Relationships Between Autistic Identity, Disclosure, and Camouflaging.
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- 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
- A "Round, Bruising Sort of Pain": Autistic Girls' Social Camouflaging in Inclusive High School Settings.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- "Do My Friends Only Like the School Me or the True Me?": School Belonging, Camouflaging, and Anxiety in Autistic Students.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Camouflaging and autism: Conceptualisation and methodological issues.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Review
- A novel context-discrepancy assessment of impression management facets in autistic and non-autistic adults: an initial validation.Molecular autism · 2026Article
- It's part of me: autistic adolescents thoughts and feelings towards their autistic identity/autism diagnosis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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- It is More Anxiousness than Role-playing: Social Camouflaging Conceptualization Among Adults on the Autism Spectrum Compared to Persons with Social Anxiety Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Understanding Autistic Identity Disclosure in Higher Education.Autism in adulthood · 2025Article
- Deliberate and Self-Conscious Adaptation of Eye-Contact by Autistic Adults.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Understanding Camouflaging, Stigma, and Mental Health for Autistic People in Japan.Autism in adulthood · 2025Article
- An Examination of Perceived Stress and Emotion Regulation Challenges as Mediators of Associations Between Camouflaging and Internalizing Symptomatology.Autism in adulthood · 2024Article
- Community-guided, autism-adapted group cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in autistic youth (CBT-DAY): Preliminary feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- 'Most people have no idea what autism is': Unpacking autism disclosure using social media analysis.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- The association between social camouflage and mental health among autistic people in Japan and the UK: a cross-cultural study.Molecular autism · 2024Article
- "When I need help, I ask my friends": experiences of Spanish autistic women when disclosing their late diagnosis to family and friends.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Camouflaging involves concealing an autistic identity, for example, by adopting nonautistic behaviors in social contexts. We currently know little about the relationship between autistic identity and camouflaging. Furthermore, other variables may mediate the relationship between camouflaging and identity, and this study examined whether disclosure (being openly autistic) might mediate the relationship. We predicted that fewer camouflaging behaviors would be associated with higher autistic identity when an individual is more open about being autistic. Methods: One hundred eighty autistic adults (52% female, 42% male, 5% other gender identities, and 1% preferred not to say) took part in the study. They completed an online survey with measures of camouflaging, autistic identity, and disclosure of autistic status. Results: We found a significant mediation effect such that autistic identity had an indirect negative effect on camouflaging mediated via disclosure. In other words, higher autistic identity linked to more disclosure, which in turn linked to fewer camouflaging behaviors. However, there was evidence for competitive mediation, such that the direct effect (the relationship between identity and camouflaging ignoring disclosure) was significant, with higher autistic identity linking directly to Conclusions: The initial hypothesis was confirmed, with higher autistic identity linked to less camouflaging via disclosure. This finding indicates that camouflaging can reduce when there is high autistic identification, Lay summary:
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