Journal
JOURNAL OF EARLY ADOLESCENCE
Volume 41, Issue 6, Pages 905-926Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0272431620968888
Keywords
affect; emotions; peer relationships; parent– adolescent relationships; personality; psychopathology; measurement; validation
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- National Institute of Mental Health [RO1 MH069942]
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Social anhedonia in youth is associated with low positive emotionality, high disinhibition, negative emotionality, poor interpersonal functioning, and a wide range of internalizing and externalizing symptoms, with stronger correlations observed in males. It is an important construct to explore in early adolescence, especially among males.
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.
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