The Social Behaviors and Emotional Characteristics of Individuals Elevated on Social Anhedonia

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dc.contributor.advisorBlanchard, Jack Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorLlerena, Katiahen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-22T05:30:05Z
dc.date.available2011-04-22T05:30:05Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractResearch suggests that social anhedonia (SocAnh) is a promising indicator for the vulnerability towards developing schizophrenia-spectrum disorders as well as an important determinant of the social impairment associated within these disorders. In this study we sought to examine the hypothesis that, within social affiliative interactions, individuals with SocAnh demonstrate problematic behavioral skills and experiential deficits. The current study compared controls (n=54) to individuals elevated on SocAnh (n=42) within a videotaped social interaction focusing on an initial affiliative interaction. Compared to controls, participants with SocAnh were rated as less behaviorally affiliative and they were rated as having overall lower social skills. There were no group differences on ratings of facial affect. SocAnh participants reported experiencing less positive affect in response to the social interaction, were less willing to engage in future social interactions with their interaction partner, and had less affiliative reactions toward the interaction partner. Results converge with prior findings in that individuals with SocAnh may experience less positive and affiliative reactions in response to social interactions. They may also be less apt in interacting with social partners in affiliative ways. Notably, results of the current study also demonstrate that the simulated live social interaction developed for the current study may better elicit social affiliative behaviors and experiences than previous stimuli.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11377
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledemotionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledschizophreniaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledschizotypyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsocial anhedoniaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsocial skillen_US
dc.titleThe Social Behaviors and Emotional Characteristics of Individuals Elevated on Social Anhedoniaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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