Schizotypy, depression, and anxiety in physical and social anhedonia

✍ Scribed by Gwladys Rey; Roland Jouvent; Stéphanie Dubal

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 184 KB
• Volume: 65
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20577

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Social anhedonia is a more promising indicator of vulnerability to schizophrenia than physical anhedonia, both as assessed by Chapman scales. More broadly, the populations identified by these scales would have a propensity to different psychiatric disorders. This cross‐sectional study examined the respective profiles of schizotypy, anxiety, and depression in French students with physical and social anhedonia, using psychometric and interview‐based measures. Compared to controls (n=46), subjects with social anhedonia (n=19) reported higher schizotypal scores for interpersonal, paranoid, disorganization, and cognitive/perceptual dimensions, whereas subjects with physical anhedonia (n=35) had more extensive interpersonal deficits and paranoia. Both groups had more depressive and anxiety symptoms than controls, in particular subjects with social anhedonia. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 65:1 –14, 2009.