Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q)

Please read each statement below and choose the answer that best fits your experiences during social interactions.

CAT-Q

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1. When I am interacting with someone, I deliberately copy their body language or facial expressions(Required)

2. I monitor my body language or facial expressions so that I appear relaxed(Required)

3. I rarely feel the need to put on an act in order to get through a social situation(Required)

4. I have developed a script to follow in social situations (for example, a list of questions or topics of conversation)(Required)

5. I will repeat phrases that I have heard others say in the exact same way that I first heard them(Required)

6. I adjust my body language or facial expressions so that I appear interested by the person I am interacting with(Required)

7. In social situations, I feel like I’m ‘performing’ rather than being myself(Required)

8. In my own social interactions, I use behaviours that I have learned from watching other people interacting(Required)

9. I always think about the impression I make on other people(Required)

10. I need the support of other people in order to socialise(Required)

11. I practice my facial expressions and body language to make sure they look natural(Required)

12. I don’t feel the need to make eye contact with other people if I don’t want to(Required)

13. I have to force myself to interact with people when I am in social situations(Required)

14. I have tried to improve my understanding of social skills by watching other people(Required)

15. I monitor my body language or facial expressions so that I appear interested by the person I am interacting with(Required)

16. When in social situations, I try to find ways to avoid interacting with others(Required)

17. I have researched the rules of social interactions (for example, by studying psychology or reading books on human behaviour) to improve my own social skills(Required)

18. I am always aware of the impression I make on other people(Required)

19. I feel free to be myself when I am with other people(Required)

20. I learn how people use their bodies and faces to interact by watching television or films, or by reading fiction(Required)

21. I adjust my body language or facial expressions so that I appear relaxed(Required)

22. When talking to other people, I feel like the conversation flows naturally*(Required)

23. I have spent time learning social skills from television shows and films, and try to use these in my interactions(Required)

24. In social interactions, I do not pay attention to what my face or body are doing(Required)

25. In social situations, I feel like I am pretending to be ‘normal’(Required)

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Masking

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Assimilation