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'You Must Become a Chameleon to Survive': Adolescent Experiences of Camouflaging
- Source :
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 51:4422-4435
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Camouflaging includes strategies used by individuals to mask or hide autistic traits. Research has shown that both autistic and neurotypical individuals engage in camouflaging and that there may be sex differences in the reasons for camouflaging in autistic adults. The purpose of this qualitative study was to extend previous research on the lived experience of camouflaging through exploring camouflaging motivations and consequences in autistic and neurotypical adolescents through both questionnaires (n = 132) and semi-structured interviews (n = 19). Results revealed trends in camouflaging motivations and consequences by diagnosis and sex, as well as by sex within the autistic group. These findings further inform our understanding of camouflaging and why it may be reported as particularly detrimental for autistic females.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Lived experience
Public health
05 social sciences
medicine.disease
Developmental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Autistic traits
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Autism
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Neurotypical
050104 developmental & child psychology
Qualitative research
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15733432 and 01623257
- Volume :
- 51
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........7df81820a0c7eb8040ac6b48622aa948