The Measurement of Social Camouflaging in Autism During the Period of Conceptual Expansion: A Systematic Review of Methodological Evolution, Psychometric Quality, and Projections Toward a Sociocultural–Ecological Approach

This project is a methodological and psychometric systematic review examining how social camouflaging in autism has been measured during a period of conceptual expansion (2016–2022). Social camouflaging refers to strategies autistic individuals use to mask or compensate for autistic traits in social contexts in response to environmental expectations. Despite its growing relevance—particularly given its links to mental health, identity processes, and delayed diagnosis—measurement approaches remain theoretically and methodologically heterogeneous. The review synthesizes quantitative instruments and procedures used to operationalize camouflaging, including self-report tools and discrepancy-based methods, and evaluates their measurement properties using the COSMIN framework