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Schizotypy, depression, and anxiety in physical and social anhedonia
Author(s) -
Rey Gwladys,
Jouvent Roland,
Dubal Stéphanie
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20577
Subject(s) - anhedonia , psychology , schizotypy , paranoia , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , clinical psychology , anxiety , psychiatry , depression (economics) , social anxiety , developmental psychology , psychosis , economics , macroeconomics
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.