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Development and Validation of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q)
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There currently exist no self-report measures of social camouflaging behaviours (strategies used to compensate for or mask autistic characteristics during social interactions). The Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) was developed from autistic adults' experiences of camouflaging, and was administered online to 354 autistic and 478 non-autistic adults. Exploratory factor analysis suggested three factors, comprising of 25 items in total. Good model fit was demonstrated through confirmatory factor analysis, with measurement invariance analyses demonstrating equivalent factor structures across gender and diagnostic group. Internal consistency (α = 0.94) and preliminary test-retest reliability (r = 0.77) were acceptable. Convergent validity was demonstrated through comparison with measures of autistic traits, wellbeing, anxiety, and depression. The present study provides robust psychometric support for the CAT-Q.
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“Regarding autistic females, researchers have begun to study how autistic women (not excluding men) modify their behaviour to fit in and pass as 'neurotypical' through camouflaging and compensation (Hull et al, 2019; Livingston & Happé, 2017).”
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“camouflaging encompasses the complementary elements of hiding autistic characteristics (‘masking’; Hull et al., 2019) and employing strategies to overcome autistic cognitive difficulties/differences (‘compensation’; Livingston & Happé, 2017).”
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“Nine adult studies and four child/adolescent studies used the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q; Hull et al., 2019).”
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“In a large sample of adults, formally diagnosed autistic individuals scored higher than nonautistic individuals on the CAT-Q Total and subscale scores (Hull et al., 2019).”
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“decreased well-being (Hull et al., 2019; although see Perry et al., 2021).”
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“increased social anxiety, general anxiety, and depressive symptoms (Hull et al., 2019;Hull, Levy, et al., 2021)”
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“self-report approaches measure selfperceived engagement in camouflaging independent of observable behavioural presentation (Hull et al., 2019).”
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“the CAT-Q showed potential as measure of self-perceived camouflaging, demonstrating sound internal consistency and test-retest reliability and performing generally as expected when tested in relation to gender, autistic traits, and mental health and wellbeing”
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“a camouflaging measure validated in a large sample of autistic and non-autistic adults (Hull et al., 2019;Williams, 2021).”
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“emerging evidence suggests that adults with higher self-reported autistic traits report greater camouflaging efforts (Brown et al., 2020;Hull et al., 2019;Livingston et al., 2020).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hull, L., Mandy, W., Lai, M.-C., Baron-Cohen, S., Allison, C., Smith, P., & Petrides, K. V.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Hull, Laura
- Venue
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Published
- 2018-10-25
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 819-833
- ISSN
- 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3432
- PMC
- PMC6394586
- OpenAlex
- W2898221520
- Cited by
- 496
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 99 · 2025: 102 · 2024: 89 · 2023: 70 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 56 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 14.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion)
- Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Apollo (cc-by)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (091774, 091774/Z/10/Z)
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0515-10097)
- University of Toronto
- Hospital for Sick Children
- Medical Research Council
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- social camouflaging, autistic traits, self-report questionnaire development, psychometric validation, autistic adults, masking, well-being, anxiety, depression
- MeSH terms
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Middle Aged, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Behavior, Reproducibility of Results, Young Adult, Self Report
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