Characterizing the Profile of Anhedonia in Individuals With Schizotypal Traits, Subthreshold Depression and Autistic Traits

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	Characterizing the Profile of Anhedonia in Individuals With Schizotypal Traits, Subthreshold Depression and Autistic Traits
	Wang, Ling-ling 1,2,3,4; Gao, Yan 2,3,4; Yan, Chao 5,6; Hu, Hui-xin 2,3,4,7; Lui, Simon S. Y.8; Wang, Yi 2,3,4; Chan, Raymond C. K.2,3,4
通讯作者	Wang, Ling-ling(wanglinglingpsy@shnu.edu.cn) ; Wang, Yi(wangyi@psych.ac.cn)
摘要	Anhedonia is believed to be transdiagnostic symptom exist in various disorders including schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, and autism spectrum disorder. However, very few studies attempted to profile subclinical samples with schizophrenia, depressive, and autistic symptoms using measures of anhedonia scales. This study adopted a cluster analytical approach to examine the anhedonia profile in 46 individuals with schizotypal trait (ST), 43 subthreshold depression (SD), 27 autistic trait (AT), and 41 healthy controls. They completed a set of checklists capturing different dimensions of anhedonia including the anticipatory and consummatory interpersonal pleasure scale, the temporal experience of pleasure scale, the motivation and pleasure scale and the belief about pleasure scale. Cluster analysis was conducted on these measures among the merged sample of ST, SD, and AT. To validate the clusters, we administered measures on nonsocial reward processing, self-reported empathy, and social functioning. A three-cluster solution was found to be the best fit. Cluster 1 (n = 48) showed high pleasure experience, motivation, and belief about pleasure and spread evenly across three groups. Cluster 2 (n = 31) was characterized by low levels of anticipatory and consummatory pleasure specifically for the social domain, largely comprised of individuals with ST. Cluster 3 (n = 37) showed low levels of consummatory pleasure, motivation, and belief about pleasure, largely comprised of individuals with SD. The resultant clusters differed in social process and functioning. The current findings suggested distinct anhedonia subtypes within different subclinical populations. These findings may have implications for early detection and prevention for anhedonia.
关键词	anhedonia autistic trait cluster analysis schizotypal trait subthreshold depression
	2025-01-12
语种	英语
DOI	10.1002/pchj.827
发表期刊	PSYCH JOURNAL
ISSN	2046-0252
页码	9
收录类别	SCI
资助项目	Philip K. H. Wong Foundation
出版者	WILEY
WOS关键词	SPECTRUM DISORDERS ; NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS ; BIPOLAR DISORDER ; SOCIAL ANHEDONIA ; DECISION-MAKING ; SCHIZOPHRENIA ; PLEASURE ; MOTIVATION ; EXPERIENCE ; VALIDITY
WOS研究方向	Psychology
WOS类目	Psychology, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001394748600001
资助机构	Philip K. H. Wong Foundation
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	https://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/48639
通讯作者	Wang, Ling-ling; Wang, Yi
作者单位	1.Shanghai Normal Univ, Sch psychol, Shanghai, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Neuropsychol & Appl Cognit Neurosci Lab, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.Shanghai Changning Mental Hlth Ctr, Shanghai, Peoples R China 6.East China Normal Univ, Key Lab Brain Funct Genom MOE&STCSM, Shanghai Changning ECNU Mental Hlth Ctr, Sch Psychol & Cognit Sci, Shanghai, Peoples R China 7.Beijing Forestry Univ, Sch Humanities & Social Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China 8.Univ Hong Kong, Sch Clin Med, Dept Psychiat, Hong Kong Special Adm Reg, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Ling-ling,Gao, Yan,Yan, Chao,et al. Characterizing the Profile of Anhedonia in Individuals With Schizotypal Traits, Subthreshold Depression and Autistic Traits[J]. PSYCH JOURNAL,2025:9.
APA	Wang, Ling-ling.,Gao, Yan.,Yan, Chao.,Hu, Hui-xin.,Lui, Simon S. Y..,...&Chan, Raymond C. K..(2025).Characterizing the Profile of Anhedonia in Individuals With Schizotypal Traits, Subthreshold Depression and Autistic Traits.PSYCH JOURNAL,9.
MLA	Wang, Ling-ling,et al."Characterizing the Profile of Anhedonia in Individuals With Schizotypal Traits, Subthreshold Depression and Autistic Traits".PSYCH JOURNAL (2025):9.