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Title: | INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AND THINKING STYLES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON CAMOUFLAGING BEHAVIOURS AND TRAJECTORIES IN AUTISTIC AND NON-AUTISTIC PEOPLE: A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE STUDY | Authors: | BEATRICE LOO RUI YI | Keywords: | Autism, Autism Spectrum, Autistic Adults, Camouflaging, Inclusion, Mental Health | Issue Date: | 7-Aug-2020 | Citation: | BEATRICE LOO RUI YI (2020-08-07). INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AND THINKING STYLES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON CAMOUFLAGING BEHAVIOURS AND TRAJECTORIES IN AUTISTIC AND NON-AUTISTIC PEOPLE: A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE STUDY. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | Camouflaging in autistic people is associated with diagnostic delay, poorer mental health and unmet support needs. Recent studies have begun to explore the nature, motivations and consequences of camouflaging, but psychosocial factors underpinning camouflaging are currently poorly understood. Emerging evidence suggests camouflaging occurs across the lifespan, yet the developmental nature of camouflaging within an individual over time has not yet been investigated. We investigated psychological factors and thinking styles and their influence on camouflaging behaviours and trajectories in autistic and non-autistic adults. We found camouflaging begins from an early age and one’s sense of autistic identity, fear of negative evaluation and awareness/negative sense of difference from others are associated with more camouflaging and its impact on mental health is often influenced by one’s experience of his/ her social environment. The importance of supporting autistic individuals to embrace their autistic social identity, while working towards a culture of inclusion is discussed. | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/182543 |
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