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Instructions

You will be presented with 42 statements relating to various personality traits, behaviours, and characteristics. Using the five response options select the option that best describes you. For items of a social nature, think about situations that do not involve very close friends or family members. Try not to spend too much time thinking about each choice.

Clicking or tapping a response option will make the next statement automatically appear.

When you have responded to all 42 statements, your scores will be calculated and presented to you.

Your responses will be calculated within the browser and will not be sent online. Please print the final page or take a screenshot of your results if you wish to refer to them later.

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In the table below, your scores are presented in the green column. Check the orange header for the possible range of scores. To provide a useful comparison, the blue column shows the range of scores that represent the middle 50% of scores of 1068 individuals recruited from the general population (Study 2 sample in the paper describing the development of the CATI).

The CATI is intended to provide a descriptive summary of traits and characteristics qualitatively similar to those found in clinical autism. It is NOT intended to be diagnostic or replace a diagnosis received by qualified clinicians using clinically-validated tools. If you have any concerns about your scores, please discuss them with your GP.

SUMMARY	Middle 50% scores in test sample	Your Score
Total Scale (possible score range: 48-240)
Overall A broad measure of autistic-like traits. Higher scores reflect more autistic traits in general terms. Subscale scores (below) will give an indication of the specific traits contributing to this total-scale score.	93-132	100
Subscales (possible score ranges: 7-35)
Social Interactions Higher scores reflect greater difficulty and/or stress in social situations, particularly with less-familiar individuals. Scores do not necessarily reflect 'social interest' or 'social desire'.	14-27	10
Communication Higher scores indicate greater difficulty with indirect and non-verbal forms of communication, which might result in misinterpreting others thoughts and/or intentions.	11-18	10
Social Camouflage Higher scores indicate increased likelihood to engage in 'masking' and/or 'compensatory' behaviours in social situations in order to ‘fit in’ with others.	14-23	10
Repetitive Behaviour Higher scores indicate increased prevalence of repetitive physical behaviours.	14-24	10
Cognitive Rigidity Higher scores indicate greater preference for ‘sameness’ and resistance to changes in plans or routines.	19-27	10
Sensory Sensitivity Higher scores indicate greater responsiveness and sensitivity to sensory stimuli. Individuals with very high scores may find certain sensory stimuli to be particularly intolerable or distressing.	13-22	10

Complete the CATI online

Instructions

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