伪装和自闭症:概念化和方法问题
Wayne M Arnold1, Vicki Bitsika1, Christopher F Sharpley1
1Brain-Behaviour Research Group, University of New England, Australia.
Autism : the international journal of research and practice
|February 21, 2026
概括
自闭症研究显示了伪装的不一致的定义和测量,这是自闭症患者使用的应对策略. 这种缺乏清晰度会影响测量工具的有效性和研究结果对更广泛的自闭症患者群体的概括性.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 自闭症谱系障碍研究研究
背景情况:
- 自闭症患者经常使用"伪装"策略来导航社会环境.
- 像掩盖和补偿这样的同义词有助于研究中的概念模两可.
- 对于伪装概念的清晰度和测量工具的准确性存在担忧.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地审查有关自闭症伪装的现有文献.
- 调查伪装研究中的概念和方法问题.
- 评估伪装测量工具的有效性和普遍性.
主要方法:
- 对389项关于自闭症伪装的研究进行了系统审查.
- 分析术语,概念定义和测量工具的有效性.
- 检查样本特征的概括性.
主要成果:
- 在研究中发现了对伪装的不一致的术语和定义.
- 伪装自闭症特征问卷 (CAT-Q) 显示出良好的可靠性,但混合有效性,可能与其他结构 (如社会焦虑) 相混.
- 可概括性是有限的,原因是成年时被诊断出自闭症的女性的过度代表和同时出现困难的个体的不足代表.
结论:
- 重要的概念和方法问题困扰着自闭症伪装研究.
- 测量工具需要进一步验证,以确保自闭症特异性并减少混.
- 未来的研究必须解决抽样偏见,以提高对不同自闭症人口的发现的概括性.
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