Examining Personality, Interpersonal, and Symptom Correlates of Social Anhedonia in Early Adolescent Males and Females

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11670943
AutoresBrandon L Goldstein (0000-0002-7003-2281, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, USA, autor de correspondencia), Emma Mumper (0000-0002-2777-1994, Stony Brook University), Emma E Mumper (Stony Brook University, NY, USA), Kriti Behari (0000-0002-5751-266X, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA), Diane C Gooding (0000-0002-0498-9472, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Daniel N Klein (0000-0003-4582-6669, Stony Brook University, NY, USA)
Año2020
Volumen41
Número6
Páginas905-926
Fecha de publicación2020-11-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431620968888
OpenAlexW3097617631
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas49

Social anhedonia, a tendency toward experiencing social stimuli as less positive or pleasurable, is associated with maladaptive personality traits, poor interpersonal functioning, and psychopathology, and is typically elevated in males compared with females. However, the correlates of social anhedonia in youth have not been well defined. In this study, 275 young adolescents from a community sample completed measures of social anhedonia, personality, interpersonal functioning, and symptoms; mothers also completed personality and symptom measures. Social anhedonia was associated with low positive emotionality and, to a lesser extent, high disinhibition and negative emotionality. Social anhedonia was also correlated with several markers of poor interpersonal functioning and a wide range of internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Interactions between sex variables indicated that associations were particularly strong in males. Overall, findings suggest that social anhedonia is an important construct to explore in early adolescence, with meaningful associations with psychosocial functioning, especially among males

Anhedonia · Developmental psychology · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal relationship · Personality · Psychiatry · Psychopathology · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Social Psychology