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dc.contributor.authorChan, Raymond C. K.
dc.contributor.authorWang, Yi
dc.contributor.authorYan, Chao
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Qing
dc.contributor.authorMcGrath, John
dc.contributor.authorHsi, Xiaolu Sun
dc.contributor.authorStone, William S.
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-07T21:36:09Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationChan, Raymond C. K., Yi Wang, Chao Yan, Qing Zhao, John McGrath, Xiaolu Sun Hsi, and William S. Stone. 2012. A study of trait anhedonia in non-clinical Chinese samples: Evidence from the Chapman Scales for Physical and Social Anhedonia. PLoS 7, no. 4: e34275.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10021382
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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. Methods: 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). Results: Males showed significantly higher level of physical (F = 5.09, p<0.001) and social (F = 4.38, p<0.005) anhedonia than females. As expected, individuals with schizotypal personality features also demonstrated significantly higher scores of physical (t = 3.81, p<0.001) and social (t = 7.33, p<0.001) trait anhedonia than individuals without SPD features, but no difference on self-report anticipatory and consummatory pleasure experience. Conclusions: Concerning the comparison on each item of physical and social anhedonia, the results indicated that individuals with SPD feature exhibited higher than individuals without SPD features on more items of social anhedonia than physical anhedonia scale. These preliminary findings suggested that trait anhedonia can be identified a non-clinical sample. Exploring the demographic and clinical correlates of trait anhedonia in the general population may provide clues to the pathogenesis of psychotic disorder.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.relation.isversionofdoi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034275en_US
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3328477en_US
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dc.titleA Study of Trait Anhedonia in Non-Clinical Chinese Samples: Evidence from the Chapman Scales for Physical and Social Anhedoniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.versionVersion of Recorden_US
dc.relation.journalPLoS ONEen_US
dash.depositing.authorStone, William S.
dc.date.available2012-12-07T21:36:09Z
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0034275*
dash.contributor.affiliatedHsi, Xiaolu
dash.contributor.affiliatedStone, William


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