Background Camouflaging behavior is often defined as using strategies to hide autistic
characteristics. In this study, we investigated how to measure camouflaging behavior by�…

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�…

Abstract The Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) is an instrument recently
developed and validated in English for measuring social camouflaging. While increasing�…

Purpose Autistic camouflaging is a collection of strategies used to hide autistic
characteristics. It can have serious consequences on autistic people's mental health and�…

Camouflaging (using (un) conscious strategies to appear as non‐autistic) is thought to be an
important reason for late autism diagnoses and mental health difficulties. However, it is�…

Camouflaging is hypothesized to play an important role in developing mental health
difficulties. But this might not be true for everyone. It remains unclear for whom camouflaging�…

Some autistic people employ strategies and behaviours to cope with the everyday social
world, thereby 'camouflaging'their autistic differences and difficulties. This review aimed to�…

Camouflaging describes masking or compensating for autistic traits and/or related
difficulties. Some evidence suggests autistic females camouflage more than autistic males�…

There currently exist no self-report measures of social camouflaging behaviours (strategies
used to compensate for or mask autistic characteristics during social interactions). The�…

Interest in social camouflaging has led to a multiplicity of measurement methods of uncertain
validity. This two‐part investigation first used a systematic review (“Study 1”) to identify and�…