Psychometric Properties of the Revised Physical and Social Anhedonia Scales in Non-Clinical Young Adults

  1. Fonseca Pedrero, Eduardo 1
  2. Paino Piñeiro, María de las Mercedes 1
  3. Lemos Giráldez, Serafín 1
  4. García Cueto, Eduardo 1
  5. Villazón García, Ursula 1
  6. Bobes García, Julio 1
  7. Muñiz Fernández, José 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Oviedo, España

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Journal:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Year of publication: 2009

Volume: 12

Issue: 2

Pages: 815-822

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600002183 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

La anhedonia ha sido considerada como un marcador prometedor de vulnerabilidad a los trastornos del espectro esquizofrénico siendo una dimensión central dentro del constructo de esquizotipia. La Revised Physical Anhedonia Scale (RPhA) y Revised Social Anhedonia Scale (RSAS), son dos autoinformes ampliamente utilizados para la evaluación de la Anhedonia, sin embargo sus propiedades psicométricas han sido escasamente investigadas en población española. El objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar las propiedades psicométricas de las Escalas Revisadas Anhedonia Física y Anhedonia Social en jóvenes adultos no clínicos. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 728 participantes con una edad media de 20,1 años (DT=2,5). Los datos indicaron que las escalas presentaron un comportamiento psicométrico adecuado. El alfa de Cronbach ascendió a 0,95 (RSAS) y 0,92 (RPhA) respectivamente. El análisis factorial confirmatorio llevado a cabo sobre la matriz de correlaciones tetracóricas indicó en ambas escalas la presencia de una solución factorial esencialmente unidimensional. Las Escalas Revisadas de Anhedonia Social y Anhedonia Física parecen ser pruebas adecuadas para la evaluación del riesgo de psicosis en población no clínica. Futuras investigaciones deberían seguir investigando la validez de constructo en otras poblaciones y culturas así como observar su relación con aspectos emocionales y endofenotipos cognitivos.

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