Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, California.
Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory; CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
J Clin Psychol. 2019 Sep;75(9):1684-1700. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22796. Epub 2019 May 6.
Previous research suggests people with social anhedonia (SocAnh) exhibit deficits in anticipated pleasure for social stimuli relative to controls. However, previous research has relied on hypothetical social stimuli and has focused on anticipated pleasure without examining negative affect.
Participants were informed that they would complete an "enjoyable" sharing task with a peer and were asked to forecast positive and negative affect during the interaction. After the interaction, participants reported their experienced emotions.
We found SocAnh and controls anticipated and experienced similar levels of positive affect and that both groups underpredicted positive affect. The SocAnh group anticipated and experienced more negative affect than controls and was more accurate in forecasting negative affect.
This is the first study to show that SocAnh is associated with the heightened anticipation of negative affect and that experiencing heightened negative affect during social interactions could drive reduced motivation and desire to engage in future social interaction.
先前的研究表明,与对照组相比,具有社交快感缺失(SocAnh)的人在对社交刺激的预期快感方面存在缺陷。然而,先前的研究依赖于假设的社交刺激,并且侧重于预期的快感,而没有检查负面情绪。
参与者被告知他们将与同伴完成一项“愉快”的分享任务,并被要求预测互动过程中的积极和消极情绪。互动结束后,参与者报告了他们的体验情绪。
我们发现,SocAnh 和对照组都预期和体验到相似水平的积极情绪,而且两组都低估了积极情绪。SocAnh 组预期和体验到的消极情绪多于对照组,并且对消极情绪的预测更准确。
这是第一项表明 SocAnh 与对负面情绪的预期升高有关的研究,并且在社交互动中体验到更高的负面情绪可能会导致减少参与未来社交互动的动机和愿望。