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CAMOUFLAGING AUTISTIC TRAITS QUESTIONNAIRE (CAT-Q)

 

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Please read each statement below and choose the answer that best fits your experiences during social interactions. The questionnaire has 25 questions and most people finish it in about 5 minutes. There are no right or wrong answers; the more accurately you answer, the more useful your result will be.

 

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1. 
When I am interacting with someone, I deliberately copy their body language or facial expressions

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2. 
I monitor my body language or facial expressions so that I appear relaxed

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3. 
I rarely feel the need to put on an act in order to get through a social situation

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4. 
I have developed a script to follow in social situations (for example, a list of questions or topics of conversation)

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5. 
I will repeat phrases that I have heard others say in the exact same way that I first heard them

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6. 
I adjust my body language or facial expressions so that I appear interested by the person I am interacting with

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7. 
In social situations, I feel like I'm 'performing' rather than being myself

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8. 
In my own social interactions, I use behaviours that I have learned from watching other people interacting

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9. 
I always think about the impression I make on other people

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10. 
I need the support of other people in order to socialise

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11. 
I practice my facial expressions and body language to make sure they look natural

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12. 
I don't feel the need to make eye contact with other people if I don't want to

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13. 
I have to force myself to interact with people when I am in social situations

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14. 
I have tried to improve my understanding of social skills by watching other people

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15. 
I monitor my body language or facial expressions so that I appear interested by the person I am interacting with

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16. 
When in social situations, I try to find ways to avoid interacting with others

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17. 
I have researched the rules of social interactions (for example, by studying psychology or reading books on human behaviour) to improve my own social skills

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18. 
I am always aware of the impression I make on other people

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19. 
I feel free to be myself when I am with other people

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20. 
I learn how people use their bodies and faces to interact by watching television or films, or by reading fiction

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21. 
I adjust my body language or facial expressions so that I appear relaxed

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22. 
When talking to other people, I feel like the conversation flows naturally

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23. 
I have spent time learning social skills from television shows and films, and try to use these in my interactions

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24. 
In social interactions, I do not pay attention to what my face or body are doing

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25. 
In social situations, I feel like I am pretending to be 'normal'

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