How exactly do I interpret this scale :)?
For those curious: https://dlcincluded.github.io/MQ/
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Took a look at the test, just a consideration:
After a period of instability, I need a quiet and predictable environment.
I need a quiet and predictable environment for me to switch from one task to another easily.
I often struggle to concentrate in busy and/or unpredictable environments.
The very same physical person, same neurology and genetics, taking this test after having lived 10 years in the countryside working crops, will respond differently than after having lived 10 years in a noisy city working in a cramped office, because they will have different frameworks of what constitutes āquietā, ābusyā and āpredictableā. Change the variables, and plenty of questions in the questionnaire will have the same issue. To use anoter example, this question:
I rarely find simultaneously holding eye contact and making a verbal conversation with another person uncomfortable.
When asked to autistic people, tends to have different answers depending on whether they have a SO or not.
You shouldnāt use the test as an objective, scientific measure of āthis is how monotropic/autistic I amā, but rather as a space of self-reflection to evaluate how well youāre āworkingā (in terms of rest, leisure, productivity, socialization) in your current environment, and wonder if you should seek changes to better enjoy your life, such as seeking in-doors social activities (such as roleplaying games) rather than restaurants for socialization, or request accomodations at work (such as specific periods of time when youāre allowed to focus on your job undisturbed).
What does monotropic mean?
Monotropism is often described as a ātunnel visionā and is posited as the ācentral underlying featureā of autism
It is described as a personās tendency to focus their attention on a small number of interests at any time, tending to miss things outside of this attention tunnel.
Iāve been masking and compensating for so long that I often feel that my answers donāt fully reflect my autism. Iām also incredibly particular about the wording of questions. In many cases a single word changed would dramatically change my answer even though I suspect most allistic people would consider them to be the same question.
Monotropism Score: 168 / 235
Your Average: 3.57
This score suggests that you are more Monotropic than about 5% of autistic people and about 75% of allistic people based on data from the initial validation study.
