A study of trait anhedonia in non-clinical Chinese samples: evidence from the Chapman Scales for Physical and Social Anhedonia

Recent studies suggest that anhedonia, an inability to experience pleasure, can be measured as an enduring trait in non-clinical samples. In order to examine trait anhedonia in a non-clinical sample, we examined the properties of a range of widely used questionnaires capturing anhedonia. 887 young a...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2012-04, Vol.7 (4), p.e34275-e34275
Hauptverfasser: Chan, Raymond C K, Wang, Yi, Yan, Chao, Zhao, Qing, McGrath, John, Hsi, Xiaolu, Stone, William S
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Zusammenfassung:Recent studies suggest that anhedonia, an inability to experience pleasure, can be measured as an enduring trait in non-clinical samples. In order to examine trait anhedonia in a non-clinical sample, we examined the properties of a range of widely used questionnaires capturing anhedonia. 887 young adults were recruited from colleges. All of them were administered a set of checklists, including Chapman Scale for Social Anhedonia (CRSAS) and the Chapman Scale for Physical Anhedonia Scale (CPAS), The Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale(TEPS), and The Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ). Males showed significantly higher level of physical (F = 5.09, p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0034275