Autistic Traits Masking Questionnaire, CAT-Q Test - the question form

1. During social interactions with someone, I deliberately copy their body language and facial expressions.

2. I monitor my body posture and facial expressions to appear relaxed.

3. I rarely feel the need to pretend in order to manage a social situation.

4. I have developed a script that I follow in social situations.

5. I repeat phrases I have heard from others in exactly the same way as I first heard them.

6. I adjust my body language and facial expressions to seem interested in the person I am interacting with.

7. In social situations, I feel that I am more often playing a role than being myself.

8. In social interactions, I use behaviors that I have learned by watching how other people interact.

9. I am always thinking about the impression I make on other people.

10. I need support from other people to socialize.

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

12. I do not feel the need to make eye contact with people if I do not want to.

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

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

15. I monitor my body language and facial expressions to appear interested in the person I am interacting with.

16. In social situations, I try to find a way to avoid interacting with people.

17. I have deliberately learned social rules to improve my own social skills.

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

19. I am not embarrassed to be myself when I am around other people.

20. I have studied how people use body language and facial expressions by watching television or films, or by reading fiction.

21. I adjust my body language and facial expressions to appear relaxed.

22. When I talk with people, I feel that the conversation flows naturally.

23. I have learned social skills from television shows and films and tried to use them in social interactions.

24. When interacting with others, I do not pay attention to what my face or body is doing.

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