Anhedonia in schizophrenia and major depression: state or trait?

Table 3 Spearman correlation coefficients between anhedonia scores and general psychopathological variables in the total schizophrenic sample (n = 80)

Psychopathological variables	PAS total score	SAS total score
Negative dimension (SANS total score)	0.37**	0.34**
Affective flattening	0.13	0.29*
Alogia	0.12	0.04
Avolition/apathy	0.14	0.1
Anhedonia/asociality	0.38**	0.37**
Positive dimension	-0.01	0.14
Hallucinations	-0.09	0.13
Delusions	0.06	0.15
Disorganised dimension	0.36**	0.35**
Bizarre behaviour	0.16	0.26*
Formal thought disorders	0.27*	0.28*
Attentional impairment	0.14	0.13
Depression (CDSS total score)	-0.05	0.08

Spearman correlation coefficient (R) values are reported.
*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.
CDSS = Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenics; PAS = Physical Anhedonia Scale; SANS = Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms; SAS = Social Anhedonia Scale.

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