THE ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL ANHEDONIA WITH ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP PROCESSES

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dc.contributor.advisorLemay, Edwarden_US
dc.contributor.authorAssaad, Lilyen_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.accessioned2016-06-22T06:24:00Z
dc.date.available2016-06-22T06:24:00Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.description.abstractSocial anhedonia is a deficiency in the capacity to experience pleasure from social interactions. This study examined the implications of social anhedonia for romantic relationship functioning, including the association of social anhedonia with sentiments towards romantic partners that are central to relationship functioning (satisfaction, commitment, regard, and care), analogous perceptions of the partner’s sentiments, hostile behavior during relationship conflict, and perception of the partner’s hostile behavior. Data were collected from 281 participants who were involved in romantic relationships. Support was found for social anhedonia’s hypothesized negative association with satisfaction, regard, and care, as well as all four perceived partner sentiments. These associations were independent of attachment anxiety and avoidance. Additionally, attachment avoidance mediated social anhedonia’s relationship with commitment. However, no support was found for social anhedonia’s hypothesized positive association with actual and perceived partner hostile behavior. Results suggest that social anhedonia may undermine the functioning of interpersonal relationships.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M29J5V
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/18444
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbehavioren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpercieved sentimentsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledrelationshipsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledromanticen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsentimentsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsocial anhedoniaen_US
dc.titleTHE ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL ANHEDONIA WITH ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP PROCESSESen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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