title: Evidence for the Discriminant Validity of the Revised Social Anhedonia Scale From Social Anxiety.
abstract: Social anhedonia and social anxiety are two constructs with similar behaviors including avoidance of and withdrawal from social situations. In three studies, the current research aimed to test whether social anhedonia could be discriminated from social anxiety using the most common measure of social anhedonia, the Revised Social Anhedonia Scale (RSAS). In Study 1, an item-level factor analysis of the RSAS found two factors: Social Apathy/Aversion and Social Withdrawal. In Study 2, this two-factor structure was confirmed in a separate sample. In Study 3, a model with social anhedonia and anxiety scale scores loading on separate factors fit better than a model with social anhedonia and anxiety loading on a single factor. Social anhedonia and anxiety displayed differential associations with negative schizotypy and emotion processing. Findings suggest that the RSAS is successful in measuring social anhedonia distinct from social anxiety.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA dcicero@hawaii.edu.
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Cicero
authors.affiliation: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krieg
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Theresa M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kerns
mesh_terms: D059445:Anhedonia; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: avoidant personality disorder; confirmatory factor analysis; schizoid personality disorder; schizotypal personality disorder; social anhedonia; social anxiety