Research Department of Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.
Department of Psychology, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AP, UK.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Mar;49(3):819-833. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3792-6.
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.
目前尚无社交伪装行为（在社交互动中用于补偿或掩饰自闭症特征的策略）的自我报告衡量标准。《自闭症特质伪装问卷》（CAT-Q）是根据自闭症成年人的伪装经验而制定的，通过网络向 354 名自闭症成年人和 478 名非自闭症成年人进行了施测。探索性因素分析表明，该问卷由三个因素组成，共包含 25 个项目。验证性因素分析表明，该问卷具有良好的模型拟合度，性别和诊断组间的测量不变性分析表明，问卷具有相同的结构。内部一致性（α=0.94）和初步重测信度（r=0.77）是可接受的。与自闭症特质、幸福感、焦虑和抑郁的衡量标准进行比较，证明了该问卷具有良好的聚合效度。本研究为 CAT-Q 提供了可靠的心理测量学支持。
