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Social and physical anhedonia and valence and arousal aspects of emotional experience

Kerns, John G., Docherty, Anna R., Martin, Elizabeth A.·2008·Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Abstract

Two studies examined whether self-reported anhedonia is associated with 2 facets of emotional experience, valence and arousal. In Study 1, in multiple assessments of emotional experience (e.g., naturalistic and lab contexts and social and nonsocial situations), people with elevated social anhedonia (n = 40) reported less intensity of positive affect than both controls (n = 30) and people with elevated perceptual aberration-magical ideation (n = 29). Social anhedonia was also associated with providing less emotional content when describing what it is like to experience positive situations. In contrast, both social anhedonia and perceptual aberration-magical ideation were associated with increased frequency of negative affect for their daily experiences. Moreover, social anhedonia was not associated with a decrease specifically in high-arousal emotions. In Study 2 (n = 339), social and physical anhedonia (but not perceptual aberration-magical ideation) were again associated with decreased self-reported positive affect to lab stimuli. In these studies, results were not statistically accounted for by personality, current mood, or current distress. Overall, results suggest anhedonia may be associated with a general decrease in self-reported positive affect intensity.

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  • Intact positive emotional responses to external stimuli in those with social anhedonia have not been consistently reported.

    “Intact positive emotional responses to external stimuli, in those with social anhedonia, have not been consistently reported (52).”

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Authors
Kerns, J. G., Docherty, A. R., & Martin, E. A.
Affiliations
University of Missouri (US)
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Published
2008-11
Volume
117
Issue
4
Pages
735-746
ISSN
  • 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1846
OpenAlex
W2097820550
Cited by
66
References
70
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH072706)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA022405)
  • MU Research Board
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
social anhedonia, physical anhedonia, emotional valence, emotional arousal, positive affect, negative affect, magical ideation, perceptual aberration, emotional experience, self-reported emotion
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Affect, Affective Symptoms, Anxiety, Arousal, Defense Mechanisms, Emotions, Female, Humans, Magic, Male, Perceptual Distortion, Psychotic Disorders, Social Environment, Students, Young Adult

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