{"id":6006,"date":"2026-05-16T15:13:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T15:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drdeenz.com\/?page_id=6006"},"modified":"2026-05-16T15:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T15:32:34","slug":"camouflaging-autistic-traits-questionnaire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drdeenz.com\/es\/camouflaging-autistic-traits-questionnaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuestionario de Camuflaje de Rasgos Autistas (CAT-Q)"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.psychometric-dim{\n\n    background:#fff;\n\n    padding:24px;\n\n    margin-top:24px;\n\n    border:1px solid #ececec;\n\n    box-shadow:\n    0 4px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\n}\n\n.dpse-dim-head{\n\n    display:flex;\n\n    justify-content:space-between;\n\n    align-items:center;\n\n    gap:20px;\n\n    margin-bottom:18px;\n}\n\n.dpse-dim-left{\n\n    display:flex;\n\n    flex-direction:column;\n\n    gap:8px;\n}\n\n.dpse-dim-name{\n\n    font-size:18px;\n\n    font-weight:700;\n\n    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margin-bottom:10px;\n}\n\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"dpse-wrap\">\n\n\n<div class=\"dpse-card\">\n\n    \n        <h3 class=\"dpse-meta-title\">\n            Fondo\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <p>The Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) is a psychological self-report instrument designed to assess social camouflaging behaviors commonly associated with autism spectrum traits. Camouflaging refers to conscious or unconscious strategies used to hide, mask, compensate for, or adapt autistic characteristics during social interactions.<\/p>\n<p>The CAT-Q evaluates behavioral and cognitive strategies individuals may use to appear socially typical, including imitation of social behaviors, rehearsed communication patterns, monitoring facial expressions, suppressing autistic traits, and compensatory social performance.<\/p>\n<p>Research has shown that autistic camouflaging may contribute to emotional exhaustion, anxiety, identity confusion, delayed diagnosis, and social stress, particularly among autistic adults who develop adaptive masking strategies over time.<\/p>\n<p>The CAT-Q measures several dimensions of camouflaging behavior, including:<br \/>\n- Compensation<br \/>\n- Masking<br \/>\n- Assimilation<br \/>\n- Social Monitoring<br \/>\n- Behavioral Adaptation<br \/>\n- Social Performance Strategies<\/p>\n<p>The CAT-Q is commonly used in autism research, neurodiversity studies, psychological screening, and self-exploration contexts. It is not intended to provide a formal autism diagnosis and results should be interpreted alongside broader clinical and developmental assessment.<\/p>\n        \n\n    \n    \n        <h3 class=\"dpse-meta-title\">\n            Procedimiento\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <p>\n            You will be presented with a series of statements related to social interaction styles, masking behaviors, communication habits, and social coping strategies. Please respond honestly based on your typical experiences in social situations.        <\/p>\n\n    \n    \n        <h3 class=\"dpse-meta-title\">\n            Participaci\u00f3n\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <p>\n            This assessment is intended for adolescents and adults interested in understanding social camouflaging behaviors, masking tendencies, and autistic trait compensation strategies. Participation is voluntary and responses should reflect genuine experiences.        <\/p>\n\n    \n    \n        <h3 class=\"dpse-meta-title\">\n            Puntuaci\u00f3n e interpretaci\u00f3n\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <p>\n            Each item is scored using a 7-point Likert scale:<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n1 = Strongly Disagree<br \/>\r\n2 = Disagree<br \/>\r\n3 = Somewhat Disagree<br \/>\r\n4 = Neither Agree nor Disagree<br \/>\r\n5 = Somewhat Agree<br \/>\r\n6 = Agree<br \/>\r\n7 = Strongly Agree<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHigher scores may indicate stronger tendencies toward autistic camouflaging behaviors, social masking, compensation strategies, and social adaptation efforts.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSome items are reverse scored to improve response balance and scoring accuracy.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nDimensional analysis may include:<br \/>\r\n- Compensation<br \/>\r\n- Masking<br \/>\r\n- Assimilation<br \/>\r\n- Social Monitoring<br \/>\r\n- Social Compensation<br \/>\r\n- Behavioral Camouflaging<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe final report provides a percentage-based overview of social camouflaging tendencies and related behavioral patterns.        <\/p>\n\n    \n    <br \/>\n\n    <a class=\"dpse-btn\"\n    href=\"\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6006?start=5\">\n\n        Iniciar evaluaci\u00f3n\n\n    <\/a>\n\n    \n        <br \/><br \/>\n\n        <h3 class=\"dpse-meta-title\">\n            Traducciones\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <p>\n            Esta evaluaci\u00f3n s\u00f3lo est\u00e1 disponible en ingl\u00e9s.        <\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"dpse-translate-box\">\n\n<p style=\"color:#666;\">\n\nAyude a traducir o a mejorar las traducciones existentes para que esta evaluaci\u00f3n sea accesible en todo el mundo. Los colaboradores aprobados pueden recibir cr\u00e9dito p\u00fablico en la p\u00e1gina de traducci\u00f3n.\n\n<\/p>\n\n<a class=\"dpse-btn dpse-btn-light\"\nhref=\"https:\/\/drdeenz.com\/translate-test\/?test_id=5\">\n\nContribuir a la traducci\u00f3n\n\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n    \n        <h3 class=\"dpse-meta-title\">\n            Cambios\n        <\/h3>\n\n        <p>\n            v1.0 \u2013 Initial CAT-Q module release.<br \/>\r\nv1.1 \u2013 Added dimensional scoring framework.<br \/>\r\nv1.2 - Mejoras en la puntuaci\u00f3n inversa-.<br \/>\r\nv1.3 \u2013 Enhanced behavioral interpretation system.<br \/>\r\nv1.4 - Se ha a\u00f1adido un dise\u00f1o adaptable y mejoras de accesibilidad.        <\/p>\n\n    \n    <br \/><br \/>\n\n    \n<section id=\"references\"\nclass=\"dpse-references\">\n\n    <h6>\n        Fuentes\n    <\/h6>\n\n    <ol class=\"sources\">\r\n\r\n<li class=\"source\" id=\"cite-0\">\r\n<span class=\"vcard\">\r\n<span class=\"fn n\">\r\n<abbr class=\"given-name\">L<\/abbr>\r\n<abbr class=\"additional-name\">A<\/abbr>\r\n<span class=\"family-name\">Hull<\/span>\r\n<\/span>\r\n<\/span>y otros.\r\n<em>Development and Validation of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q)<\/em>.\r\n<span class=\"journal\">Revista de Autismo y Trastornos del Desarrollo<\/span>.\r\n<time datetime=\"2019-01-01\">2019<\/time>.\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10803-018-3792-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10803-018-3792-6<\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\r\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<\/div>\n <section class=\"psy-reviews\">\n                    <\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"tests.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"class_list":["post-6006","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-neurodiversity"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":6006},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdeenz.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdeenz.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdeenz.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drdeenz.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drdeenz.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drdeenz.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6007,"href":"https:\/\/drdeenz.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6006\/revisions\/6007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drdeenz.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drdeenz.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}