[article]
| Titre : |
Does Camouflaging Cause Reduced Quality of Life? A Co-Twin Control Study |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Karl Lundin REMNÉLIUS, Auteur ; Janina NEUFELD, Auteur ; Johan ISAKSSON, Auteur ; Sven BÖLTE, Auteur |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.709-721 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Camouflaging has been proposed to have a detrimental effect on quality of life, yet previous research has not accounted sufficiently for potential confounding by genetic and shared environmental factors. The current study utilized a co-twin control design providing stringent control for a range of confounders to investigate the hypothesis that camouflaging autistic traits has a negative impact on quality of life. The sample included 140 individual twins from 42 monozygotic (MZ) and 28 dizygotic (DZ) twin-pairs, enriched for participants with neurodevelopmental conditions including 22 autistic participants. All twins provided self-reports of camouflaging and quality of life. Autistic participants and specifically autistic females displayed increased camouflaging behaviors compared to non-autistic participants. Across the sample, higher levels of camouflaging were associated with reduced quality of life, surviving adjustment for confounding effects of autistic traits, ADHD, sex, and age. Within DZ- as well as MZ-pairs, which provide the highest level of control for unmeasured confounders, twins who camouflaged more reported lower quality of life compared to their co-twins, consistent with a causal influence of camouflaging on quality of life. Our results strengthen previous claims purporting camouflaging behaviors as a risk factor for reduced quality of life. |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06583-0 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=580 |
in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 56-2 (February 2026) . - p.709-721
[article] Does Camouflaging Cause Reduced Quality of Life? A Co-Twin Control Study [texte imprimé] / Karl Lundin REMNÉLIUS, Auteur ; Janina NEUFELD, Auteur ; Johan ISAKSSON, Auteur ; Sven BÖLTE, Auteur . - p.709-721. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 56-2 (February 2026) . - p.709-721
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Camouflaging has been proposed to have a detrimental effect on quality of life, yet previous research has not accounted sufficiently for potential confounding by genetic and shared environmental factors. The current study utilized a co-twin control design providing stringent control for a range of confounders to investigate the hypothesis that camouflaging autistic traits has a negative impact on quality of life. The sample included 140 individual twins from 42 monozygotic (MZ) and 28 dizygotic (DZ) twin-pairs, enriched for participants with neurodevelopmental conditions including 22 autistic participants. All twins provided self-reports of camouflaging and quality of life. Autistic participants and specifically autistic females displayed increased camouflaging behaviors compared to non-autistic participants. Across the sample, higher levels of camouflaging were associated with reduced quality of life, surviving adjustment for confounding effects of autistic traits, ADHD, sex, and age. Within DZ- as well as MZ-pairs, which provide the highest level of control for unmeasured confounders, twins who camouflaged more reported lower quality of life compared to their co-twins, consistent with a causal influence of camouflaging on quality of life. Our results strengthen previous claims purporting camouflaging behaviors as a risk factor for reduced quality of life. |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06583-0 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=580 |
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Does Camouflaging Cause Reduced Quality of Life? A Co-Twin Control Study in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 56-2 (February 2026)
