Self-Reported Camouflaging Behaviours Used by Autistic Adults during Everyday Social Interactions

Autor/inn/en	Cook, Julia; Crane, Laura; Hull, Laura; Bourne, Laura; Mandy, William
Titel	Self-Reported Camouflaging Behaviours Used by Autistic Adults during Everyday Social Interactions
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 26 (2022) 2, S.406-421 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cook, Julia) ORCID (Crane, Laura) ORCID (Hull, Laura) ORCID (Mandy, William)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/13623613211026754
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Adults; Coping; Adjustment (to Environment); Social Behavior; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Interaction; Interpersonal Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Bewältigung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Interaktion; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	Autistic people may camouflage their innate autistic social behaviours to adapt to, cope within and/or influence the predominately neurotypical social landscape. This study describes behaviours exhibited, altered or avoided by autistic adults whilst camouflaging (i.e. camouflaging behaviours). Using Interpersonal Process Recall methodology, 17 autistic adults (8 women, 6 men and 3 agender/gender neutral individuals) participated in a brief social task designed to replicate a common day-to-day social situation. Participants then watched a video of their interaction with a researcher, actively identifying and describing camouflaging behaviours. Using qualitative content analysis, descriptions of 38 camouflaging behaviours described by participants were clustered into four main categories and seven subcategories: (1) masking, (2) innocuous engagement (subcategories: passive encouragement, centring social partner, deferential engagement and reducing social risk), (3) modelling neurotypical communication and (4) active self-presentation (subcategories: reciprocal social behaviours, risky social behaviours, and comfortable and familiar social behaviours). The novel use of Interpersonal Process Recall methodology addressed limitations in existing camouflaging research and facilitated the identification of previously unreported camouflaging behaviours. These camouflaging behaviours are discussed with reference to literature concerning interpersonal research and theory within and outside the field of autism. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01