Understanding Camouflaging, Stigma, and Mental Health for Autistic People in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Camouflaging refers to behaviors in which autistic individuals mask their autistic characteristics and "pass" as non-autistic people. It is postulated that camouflaging is a response to stigma, and preliminary evidence supports this hypothesis. However, research on this topic outside of Western countries is limited. This study replicated and extended previous work in the West that examined the relationships between camouflaging, stigma, and mental health of autistic adults, with a Japanese sample.

Methods

Two-hundred eighty-seven autistic people living in Japan (146 men, 120 women, 14 nonbinary, 5 other gender identities, 2 preferred not to say; mean age = 37.5 years, standard deviation = 9.8 years) completed an online survey on camouflaging, perceived stigma, cop

SUBMITTER: Tamura M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11937760 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature