Sex/Gender Differences in Camouflaging in Children and Adolescents with Autism.
Autism
Camouflaging
Compensation
Masking
Reciprocity
Sex/gender differences
Theory of mind
Journal
Journal of autism and developmental disorders
ISSN: 1573-3432
Titre abrégé: J Autism Dev Disord
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7904301
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2021
Apr 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
22
7
2020
medline:
25
5
2021
entrez:
22
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study investigated sex/gender differences in camouflaging with children and adolescents (N = 84) with and without an autism diagnosis/increased levels of autistic traits using two conceptualisations/operationalisations of camouflaging. A significant group-by-gender interaction using ANCOVA, with the covariate of verbal IQ, reflected similar levels of social reciprocity in autistic and neurotypical females, whereas autistic males had lower reciprocity than neurotypical males. Autistic females also had higher reciprocity than autistic males, despite similar levels of autistic traits (behavioural camouflaging). Additionally, autistic males and females had similar theory of mind skills, despite females having increased reciprocity (compensatory camouflaging). These findings provide evidence of increased camouflaging in autistic females, which may contribute to delay in the recognition of difficulties and provision of support.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32691191
doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04615-z
pii: 10.1007/s10803-020-04615-z
pmc: PMC7985051
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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