Relationships of Anhedonia to Physiological Reactivity and Threshold
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13666010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles G Watson (0009-0002-8391-6585, Veterans Administration Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-46 |
| Publication date | 1972-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1972.31.1.43 |
| PMID | 5055916 |
| OpenAlex | W2022453007 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Anhedonia—the inability to experience pleasure—is a cardinal symptom of schizophrenia, but its role is poorly understood because it has been subjected to very little systematic research. In the present study, the relationships of anhedonia to a variety of physiological reactivity and threshold measures were studied in a group of 76 psychiatric hospital patients. The results were negative. The results suggest that clinical anhedonia is not a function of hypo-reactivity
Anhedonia · Developmental psychology · Pleasure · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Reactivity (psychology · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1976 - 1976 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |