Social Skills in Autistic Teenagers version 1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Social Skills in Autistic Teenagers
IRAS ID
233394
Contact name
Laura Hull
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University College London
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Z6364106/2017/08/40, UCL Data Protection Registration Number
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 10 months, 16 days
Research summary
This study aims to identify how autistic teenagers use social camouflaging behaviours to mask and/or compensate for their autism during social interactions. Social camouflaging is defined as the deliberate or automatic use of behaviours to make other people less aware of a person’s autism. Social camouflaging has implications for autism diagnosis and support, and may be associated with poor mental health outcomes. The primary aim of this study is to identify how social camouflaging behaviours impact the impressions autistic teenagers make on others. Secondary aims are to test a newly developed measure of social camouflaging, and to identify characteristics which may predict an individual’s camouflaging abilities.
REC name
London - Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/LO/2055
Date of REC Opinion
19 Dec 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion