School of Psychology and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK.
IOPPN, King's College London, 16 Crespigny Park, Camberwell, London, SE5 8AB, UK.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2022 Aug;52(8):3413-3426. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-05221-3. Epub 2021 Aug 3.
Camouflaging of autistic traits may make autism harder to diagnose. The current study evaluated the relations between camouflaging intent, first impressions, and age of autism diagnosis. Participants comprised autistic and non-autistic adults (n = 80, 50% female) who completed the Camouflaging of Autistic Traits Questionnaire. They were later video-recorded having a conversation with a person unaware of their diagnostic status. Ten-second clips from half these videos were later shown to 127 non-autistic peers, who rated their first impressions of each participant. Results showed that autistic participants were rated more poorly on first impressions, males were rated less favourably than females, and male raters were particularly harsh in their evaluations of autistic males. Camouflaging intent did not predict first impressions but better first impressions were linked with a later age of diagnosis.
自闭症特征的掩饰可能使自闭症更难诊断。本研究评估了掩饰意图、第一印象和自闭症诊断年龄之间的关系。参与者包括自闭症和非自闭症成年人（n=80，女性占 50%），他们完成了自闭症特征掩饰问卷。之后，他们与一个不知道自己诊断状况的人进行了对话，并被录像。随后，127 名非自闭症同伴观看了这些视频的一半 10 秒钟的片段，并对每个参与者的第一印象进行了评分。结果表明，自闭症参与者的第一印象较差，男性的评价不如女性，男性评价者对自闭症男性的评价尤其苛刻。掩饰意图不能预测第一印象，但较好的第一印象与较晚的诊断年龄有关。
