Sex/Gender Differences in Camouflaging in Children and Adolescents with Autism

Autor/inn/en	Wood-Downie, Henry; Wong, Bonnie; Kovshoff, Hanna; Mandy, William; Hull, Laura; Hadwin, Julie A.
Titel	Sex/Gender Differences in Camouflaging in Children and Adolescents with Autism
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51 (2021) 4, S.1353-1364 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wood-Downie, Henry)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-020-04615-z
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Children; Adolescents; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Autismus
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01