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Abstract
Social camouflaging is a set of behaviours used by autistic people to conceal social differences. This paper provides an analysis of social camouflaging within the developmental context of autistic persons. We suggest that autistic people achieve person-environment fit with their social environment by using social camouflaging as an inauthentic form of trait expression whereby autistic traits are masked and neurotypical traits are displayed. The resulting consequences for autistic individuals may be interpersonally beneficial, but conversely intrapersonally detrimental, when considering existing theories or models of person-environment fit throughout development. The current paper explores this dichotomy and suggests implications for future social camouflaging research in autism, such as considering a broader developmental context through which to study the consequences of camouflaging. Clinical implications include an increased focus on reciprocity between autistic individuals and their social environment.
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New Ideas in Psychology is a journal for theoretical psychology in its broadest sense. We are looking for new and seminal ideas, from within Psychology and from other fields that have something to bring to Psychology. We welcome presentations and criticisms of theory, of background metaphysics, and of fundamental issues of method, both empirical and conceptual. We put special emphasis on the need for informed discussion of psychological theories to be interdisciplinary. Empirical papers are accepted at New Ideas in Psychology, but only as long as they focus on conceptual issues and are theoretically creative. We are also open to comments or debate, interviews, and book reviews.