Social camouflaging in females with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with increasing prevalence, and a male-to-female ratio of 4:1. Research has been suggesting that discrepancy in prevalence may be due to the fact that females camouflage their symptoms. In this study, we aimed to systematically review e...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2021-07, Vol.51 (7), p.2190-2199
Main Authors: Tubío-Fungueiriño, María, Cruz, Sara, Sampaio, Adriana, Carracedo, Angel, Fernández-Prieto, Montse
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Autism
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Camouflage
Child and School Psychology
Ciências Sociais
Demographic aspects
Diagnosis
Evaluation
Females
Neurodevelopmental disorders
Neurosciences
Original Paper
Pediatrics
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Psicologia
Psychology
Public Health
Reviews
Social Adjustment
Social Sciences
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Systematic review
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with increasing prevalence, and a male-to-female ratio of 4:1. Research has been suggesting that discrepancy in prevalence may be due to the fact that females camouflage their symptoms. In this study, we aimed to systematically review evidence on the camouflage effect in females with ASD. Following the PRISMA guidelines, we reviewed empirical research published from January 2009 to September 2019 on PubMed, Web of Science, PsychInfo and Scopus databases. Thirteen empirical articles were included in this review. Overall, evidence supports that camouflaging seems to be an adaptive mechanism for females with ASD, despite the negative implications of these behaviours in their daily life. M.T.F. acknowledges Xunta de Galicia-GAIN for the Principia research grant. This work was supported by Fundación María José Jove. S.C. acknowledges Psychology for Positive Development Research Center (Grant No. PSI/04375), Universidade Lusíada – Norte, Porto, supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology through national funds (Grant No. UID/PSI/04375/2019).
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-020-04695-x