Human beings regularly adjust behaviors across social contexts as part of impression management (IM). Recently, “camouflaging” has been described as the behavioral strategies autistic individuals employ to blend into neurotypical social norms, often at costs to psychological wellbeing. It remains unclear whether camouflaging is unique to autism or overlaps with established IM constructs in terms of shared latent facets, socio-motivational and cognitive drivers, and mental health outcomes. To…
