Social Camouflaging in Autistic Adolescents: Cognitive and Mental Health Factors
Summary
The goal of this study is to understand how autistic youth interact with others, with a particular focus on social camouflaging. Social camouflaging is the process of hiding autistic traits in social situations to navigate one's social world. The study aims to explore how social camouflaging affects mental health and quality of life, as well as how thinking skills are related to social camouflaging. Previous research indicates that social camouflaging may increase stress and burnout for autistic individuals, yet the reasons remain unclear. We want to understand social camouflaging in formally diagnosed autistic youth, self-identifying autistic, and non-autistic youth.
Eligibility
Eligible ages: 15 to 18
Accepts healthy participants: Yes
Inclusion criteria:
- Youth aged 15-18, who are Autistic (Formally Diagnosed)
or
- Youth aged 15-18, who are Autistic (Self-Diagnosed/Identifying)
or
- Youth aged 15-18, who are Non-Autistic
and
- One Parent of the youth
and
- Located in the greater Calgary Area
and
- Able to come to the CDC Owerko Centre in person, at the University of Calgary
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Contact information
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Principal investigator:
Carly McMorris
Clinical trial:
No
REB-ID:
REB23-0641