ReviewBrain sciences2023
Measuring Social Camouflaging in Individuals with High Functioning Autism: A Literature Review.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- The relationship between autistic camouflaging and mental health: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Exercise dose architecture as a precision-informed developmental framework in autism spectrum disorder: a narrative review of mechanisms, sex- and development-related heterogeneity, and clinical translation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Dyscoordination of thalamic reticular spindles is associated with social memory deficits in mice and humans with autism spectrum disorder.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Autism spectrum disorder across the lifespan: Dynamic symptom trajectories and multidimensional support framework.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Review
- 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
- A Multi-Method Approach for the Identification of Social Functioning Profiles in Autistic Adolescents and Young Adults Without Intellectual Disability.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Autism, Intellectual Disability and Suicide Risk in Adolescent Psychiatric Emergencies: A Two-Year Retrospective Cohort Study.Brain sciences · 2026Article
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- Social camouflaging of autistic traits is associated with more severe symptoms among subjects with feeding and eating disorders.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
- Mental Health as a Key Mediator for Outcomes in Postsecondary Education, Employment, and Everyday Living in Autistic Adults.Autism in adulthood · 2025Article
- Pathways to autism diagnosis in adulthood.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2025Article
- Comparison of ADOS-2 scores in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
- Autistic Traits Are Associated with Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Social camouflaging predicts eating disorder symptomatology among female patients with Borderline Personality Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Obsessive-Compulsive Traits and Problematic Internet Use Are Increased Among Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Is There a Role of Obsessive Doubts and Communication Impairment?Brain sciences · 2024Article
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- Autistic Traits and Somatic Symptom Disorders: What Is the Link?Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Case report: hikikomori syndrome in Italy and its link with autistic traits and internet gaming disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Autistic traits as predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms among patients with borderline personality disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
In the recent years, growing attention has been paid to the use of camouflaging strategies by adult populations suffering from autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with milder manifestations and without intellectual impairment, which may lead to a delay in diagnosis or even a misdiagnosis. In fact, high-functioning ASD individuals were reported to be more aware of their communication difficulties and were more likely make considerable efforts to adjust their behavior to conventional rules of non-autistic individuals, learning to imitate other non-ASD individuals. Moreover, females reported a higher frequency of camouflaging strategies, suggesting a role of camouflaging in the gender gap of the ASD diagnosis. Although camouflaging strategies can sometimes grant a better level of adjustment, even resulting in a hyper-adaptive behavior, they are also often correlated with negative mental health consequences due to the long-term stress associated with continuous attempts to adapt in day-to-day life. In this framework, the aim of the present work was to review the available studies that assessed the presence and correlates of camouflaging strategies in individuals with ASD. Although the literature available on the topic is still scarce, some interesting correlations between camouflaging and anxious and depressive symptoms, as well as suicidality, were highlighted. In particular, the controversial and sometime opposite thoughts and results about camouflaging may be clarified and integrated in light of a dimensional approach to psychopathology.
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