ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2024
Camouflaging in Autism: Age Effects and Cross-Cultural Validation of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q).
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- Autistic Traits and Camouflaging: A Meta-Analysis.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Pooled it
- A Cross-Neurotype Analysis of Camouflaging and Illness Perceptions in People with Central Sensitivity Syndromes.Autism in adulthood · 2026Article
- Assessing Camouflaging in Adolescence: Psychometric Evaluation of the German Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q/DE).Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Operationalizing the ICF Core Sets for Autism and ADHD: A Multiple-Methods Feasibility Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Camouflaging and autism: Conceptualisation and methodological issues.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Review
- PTSD Symptoms Are Associated with a Greater Use of Social Camouflaging Strategies in an Eating Disorder Sample with Elevated Autistic Traits.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Does Camouflaging Cause Reduced Quality of Life? A Co-Twin Control Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Development and pilot evaluation of the Children's Masking Questionnaire.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The impact of camouflaging autistic traits on psychological and physiological stress: a co-twin control study.Molecular autism · 2025Article
- Camouflaging in Autistic Adults is Modulated by Autistic and Neurotypical Characteristics of Interaction Partners.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Camouflaging and Lifetime Depression Among Adult Autistic Males and Females.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Self-reported masking in sexual minority and heterosexual autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Camouflage mechanisms in Brazilian children with autistic spectrum disorder: is there a difference between genders?International journal of developmental disabilities · 2025Article
- Differential item functioning in the autism behavior checklist in children with autism spectrum disorder based on a machine learning approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Cross-cultural variation in experiences of acceptance, camouflaging and mental health difficulties in autism: A registered report.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
Given that camouflaging has been suggested to contribute to delayed diagnosis and mental health problems among autistic people, validated measures of the construct are needed. This study describes the psychometric evaluation of the Swedish adaptation of the self-reported Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) in autistic (n = 100) and general population (n = 539) samples aged 10 to 83 years. Analyses indicated good-to-excellent internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Construct validity was supported by autistic participants scoring higher than non-autistic, and autistic females scoring higher than autistic males on the measure. Also as expected, camouflaging was associated with theoretically linked traits, including autistic behaviors and depressive symptoms. On the other hand, the factor structure of the original CAT-Q did not provide a good fit in the Swedish data set, and validity issues were found, particularly in children younger than 15 years, warranting further investigation of the construct validity of the scale. Different age trajectories were observed, where camouflaging behaviors decreased during adulthood in non-autistic people but remained at an elevated level among autistic people.
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