Gender Differences in Self-Reported Camouflaging in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults

Autor/inn/en	Hull, Laura; Lai, Meng-Chuan; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Allison, Carrie; Smith, Paula; Petrides, K. V.; Mandy, William
Titel	Gender Differences in Self-Reported Camouflaging in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 24 (2020) 2, S.352-363 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hull, Laura) ORCID (Mandy, William)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361319864804
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Social Adjustment; Adults; Questionnaires; Scores; Coping; Interpersonal Competence; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Well Being + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Autismus; Soziale Anpassung; Fragebogen; Bewältigung; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	Social camouflaging describes the use of strategies to compensate for and mask autistic characteristics during social interactions. A newly developed self-reported measure of camouflaging (Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire) was used in an online survey to measure gender differences in autistic (n = 306) and non-autistic adults (n = 472) without intellectual disability for the first time. Controlling for age and autistic-like traits, an interaction between gender and diagnostic status was found: autistic females demonstrated higher total camouflaging scores than autistic males (partial n[superscript 2] = 0.08), but there was no camouflaging gender difference for non-autistic people. Autistic females scored higher than males on two of three Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire subscales: Masking (partial n[superscript 2] = 0.05) and Assimilation (partial n[superscript 2] = 0.06), but not on the Compensation subscale. No differences were found between non-autistic males and females on any subscale. No differences were found between non-binary individuals and other genders in either autistic or non-autistic groups, although samples were underpowered. These findings support previous observations of greater camouflaging in autistic females than males and demonstrate for the first time no self-reported gender difference in non-autistic adults. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01