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ERIC Number: EJ1241288
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Feb
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1362-3613
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Gender Differences in Self-Reported Camouflaging in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults
Hull, Laura; Lai, Meng-Chuan; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Allison, Carrie; Smith, Paula; Petrides, K. V.; Mandy, William
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, v24 n2 p352-363 Feb 2020
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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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