ArticleJournal of traumatic stress2022
Posttraumatic stress disorder-related anhedonia as a predictor of psychosocial functional impairment among United States veterans.
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- Positive Affect Treatment for Depression, Anxiety, and Low Positive Affect: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- A neuro-synthesis of psychological constructs relevant to posttraumatic stress disorder.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Anhedonia and PTSD symptom severity profiles differentially influence physical activity volume in trauma-exposed adults.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- The role of anhedonia symptoms in symptomatology of posttraumatic stress disorder and related functional impairments among traumatized Chinese adults.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Physical activity moderates the relationship between PTSD symptom severity and approach-avoidance conflict decision-making.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2025Article
- Assessing social anhedonia in a transdiagnostic sample: Insights from a computational psychiatry lens.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2024Article
- Trajectories of Anhedonia Symptoms after Traumatic Injury.European journal of trauma & dissociation = Revue europeenne du trauma et de la dissociation · 2024Article
- Positive emotion in posttraumatic stress disorder: A global or context-specific problem?Journal of traumatic stress · 2023Article
- Posttraumatic stress disorder-related anhedonia as a predictor of psychosocial functional impairment among United States veterans.Journal of traumatic stress · 2022Article
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Abstract
Prior research suggests that anhedonia symptoms related to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; i.e., diminished interest, detachment from others, and difficulty experiencing positive emotions) are consistently associated with a higher degree of impairment in psychosocial functioning beyond that associated with other PTSD symptoms. Unfortunately, much of this research has used cross-sectional study designs; relied upon outdated DSM diagnostic criteria; and failed to control for potentially confounding variables, such as the presence of co-occurring depression. This study used data from Waves 2 and 4 (n = 1,649) of the Veterans' After-Discharge Longitudinal Registry (Project VALOR), a longitudinal dataset of U.S. Army and Marine veterans. As measured using the Inventory of Psychosocial Functioning, Wave 4 psychosocial functioning was regressed on seven PTSD symptom factors at Wave 2 (i.e., intrusions, avoidance, negative affect, anhedonia, externalizing behaviors, anxious arousal, and dysphoric arousal) and potential Wave 2 confounds. The Anhedonia factor, β = .123, most strongly predicted later psychosocial functional impairment beyond the impact of other PTSD symptom factors, βs = -.076-.046. Clinical implications of these findings are also discussed.
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