The Relationship Between Social Camouflaging in Autism and Safety Behaviours in Social Anxiety
Duration: 23 mins
Publication Date: 2 Apr 2024
Next Review Date: 2 Apr 2027
DOI: 10.13056/acamh.26383
Description
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Jiedi Lei discusses her JCPP paper ‘Understanding the relationship between social camouflaging in autism and safety behaviours in social anxiety in autistic and non-autistic adolescents’.
Learning Objectives
1. The definition of ‘social camouflaging’ and ‘masking’, how it typically manifests, and how it relates to social anxiety in autistic adolescents. 2. Safety behaviours in social anxiety in autistic and non-autistic adolescents.
3. How participants were recruited and engaged using cartoon-like stop-motion videos.
4. Gender differences that emerged.
5. Implications of the findings for CAMH professionals and how the findings could inform assessment and treatment of social anxiety disorder for autistic adolescents.
