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Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q)

Instructions:
Please read each statement below and choose the answer that best fits your experiences
during social interactions.

Neither
Strongly Somewha Somewha Strongly
Disagree Agree nor Agree
Disagree t Disagree Disagree t Agree Agree
When I am interacting with someone, I
1 deliberately copy their body language or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
facial expressions.
I monitor my body language or facial
2
expressions so that I appear relaxed.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I rarely feel the need to put on an act in

3
order to get through a social situation. 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

I have developed a script to follow in

4
social situations.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I will repeat phrases that I have heard
5 others say in the exact same way that I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
first heard them.
I adjust my body language or facial
6 expressions so that I appear interested 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
by the person I am interacting with.
In social situations, I feel like I’m
7
‘performing’ rather than being
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
In my own social interactions, I use
8 behaviours that I have learned from 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
watching other people interacting.
I always think about the impression I
9
make on other people.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I need the support of other people in

10
order to socialise.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I practice my facial expressions and
11 body language to make sure they look 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
natural.
I don’t feel the need to make eye
12 contact with other people if I don’t want 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
to.
I have to force myself to interact with
13
people when I am in social situations.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I have tried to improve my
14 understanding of social skills by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
watching other people.
I monitor my body language or facial
15 expressions so that I appear interested 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
by the person I am interacting with.
When in social situations, I try to find
16
ways to avoid interacting with others.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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Neither
Strongly Somewha Somewha Strongly
Disagree Agree nor Agree
Disagree t Disagree Disagree t Agree Agree
I have researched the rules of social
17 interactions to improve my own social 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
skills.
I am always aware of the impression
18
I make on other people.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I feel free to be myself when I am

19
with other people.
7 6 5 4 3 2 1
I learn how people use their bodies and
20 faces to interact by watching television 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
or films, or by reading fiction.
I adjust my body language or facial
21
expressions so that I appear relaxed.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

When talking to other people, I feel

22
like the conversation flows naturally.
7 6 5 4 3 2 1
I have spent time learning social skills
23 from television shows and films, and try 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
to use these in my interactions.
In social interactions, I do not pay
24 attention to what my face or body are 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
doing.
In social situations, I feel like I am
25
pretending to be ‘normal’.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Developer Reference:
Hull, L., Mandy, W., Lai, M.-C., Baron-Cohen, S., Allison, C., Smith, P., & Petrides, K. V.
(2019). Development and Validation of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-
Q). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(3), 819–833.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3792-6

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