Development and Validation of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q)

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 819-833

  Hull, Laura ^a   Mandy, William ^a   Lai, Meng Chuan ^b,c,d   Baron Cohen, Simon ^c   Allison, Carrie ^c   Smith, Paula ^c   Petrides, K V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autism; Camouflaging; Compensation; Coping Strategies; Masking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTISM ASSESSMENT; BROAD AUTISM PHENOTYPE QUESTIONNAIRE; CAMOUFLAGING AUTISTIC TRAITS QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EVALUATION STUDY; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WARWICK EDINBURGH MENTAL WELLBEING SCALE; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85055896018     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-018-3792-6     Document Type: Article

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