The hidden cost of fitting in: social camouflage in adolescents with social communication disorder

IntroductionThis study compared social camouflaging in adolescents with and without social communication disorder (SCD) and examined whether camouflaging differedby gender.MethodsThe sample comprised 120 adolescents aged 14–18 years from the Mashhad- Marghab region of Fars province, Iran, including 60 adolescents diag-nosed with SCD and 60 adolescents without SCD matched on age, gender, andeducational level. Social camouflaging was assessed using the CamouflagingAutistic Traits Questionnaire (CA