Research on the construct of ‘camouflaging’ in autism and its sociodemographic/clinical correlates has far outpaced the work being done to establish the construct validity of camouflaging and its distinction from other similar constructs. The imprecision with which camouflaging is defined and measured has serious implications for future research on this topic, and unless additional effort is made to produce reliable and valid measurements of this construct, researchers will not be able to meaningfully assess important questions such as whether the effort of camouflaging one's behavior contributes to increased mental health difficulties. By reviewing the psychometric strengths and weaknesses of various operationalizations of camouflaging, this commentary highlights a pressing need for further measure validation in this area. Specific methodological guidance is provided for researchers interested in rigorously testing the validity of putative camouflaging measures.

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评论：自闭症中“伪装”的结构效度：心理测量学考虑和对未来研究的建议——对 Lai 等人的反思。(2020)

对自闭症“伪装”结构及其社会人口学/临床相关性的研究远远超过了为确定伪装的结构有效性及其与其他类似结构的区别所做的工作。伪装的定义和测量的不精确性对该主题的未来研究具有严重影响，除非付出额外的努力来对该构造进行可靠和有效的测量，否则研究人员将无法有意义地评估重要问题，例如努力是否伪装自己的行为会导致心理健康困难的增加。通过回顾伪装的各种操作化的心理测量优势和劣势，本评论强调了在该领域进一步测量验证的迫切需要。