Social anhedonia, social networks, and psychotic-like experiences: A test of social deafferentation.
Social connection is robustly associated with physical and mental health. So important is social connection that it features prominently in several etiological theories of serious psychopathology. Most notably, the social deafferentation hypothesis of schizophrenia posits that social anhedonia (SA) and isolation cause neural changes that produce psychosis. Here, we test several tenants of this theory by examining the relation between SA, psychotic-like experiences (PLE), and social networks. We find that SA and PLE are related to social networks, and that the relation between SA and PLE can be explained, in part, by the impact of SA on social networks.
['Dodell-Feder|David|D|', 'Shovestul|Bridget|B|', 'Woodyatt|Jessica|J|', 'Popov|Victoria|V|', 'Germine|Laura|L|']
D000293:Adolescent D000328:Adult D000368:Aged D059445:Anhedonia D005260:Female D006801:Humans D008297:Male D008875:Middle Aged D010555:Personality Inventory D011618:Psychotic Disorders D012559:Schizophrenia D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology D057566:Self Report D060756:Social Networking D055815:Young Adult
Social networks Social deafferentation Schizophrenia