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ArticleSchizophrenia bulletin2026

Individuals with High Social Anhedonia but not Schizophrenia Exhibited Altered Empathy in Daily Life.

Jie Gu, Xuemei Ding, Juan Yang, Xue Meng, Wenting Hu, Xu Li, Yanyu Wang, Yi Wang, Simon S Y Lui, Raymond C K Chan

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Jie GuSchool of Psychology, Shandong Second Medical University, 7166 Baotongxi Street, Weicheng District, Weifang 261053, Shandong, China.
Xuemei DingDepartment of Psychiatry, Xinhua hospital of Weifang City, 11628 Tongting Street, Kuiwen District, Weifang 261041, Shandong, China.
Juan YangMental Health Centre of Weifang City, 8899 Dongli Road, Gaoxin District, Weifang 261000, Shandong, China.
Xue MengSchool of Psychology, Shandong Second Medical University, 7166 Baotongxi Street, Weicheng District, Weifang 261053, Shandong, China.
Wenting HuSchool of Psychology, Shandong Second Medical University, 7166 Baotongxi Street, Weicheng District, Weifang 261053, Shandong, China.
Xu LiSchool of Psychology, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, China.
Yanyu WangSchool of Psychology, Shandong Second Medical University, 7166 Baotongxi Street, Weicheng District, Weifang 261053, Shandong, China.
Yi WangNeuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6880-5831
Simon S Y LuiDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 999077, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9360-6244
Raymond C K ChanNeuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 16 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3414-450X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31871114National Natural Science Foundation of China 32061160468Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province ZR2021MC103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and hypothesisDespite empathic abnormalities exhibited in both clinical and subclinical samples of schizophrenia (SCZ) in the laboratory, understanding of their empathy in the real world remains limited. This study applied the experience sampling method (ESM) to investigate empathy in people with SCZ and high social anhedonia (SocAnh), as well as its associations with social pleasure and emotional states in daily life. STUDY

designThirty-one participants with SCZ, 31 individuals with high SocAnh, and 32 healthy controls completed a 7-day ESM survey (10 surveys per day) to assess empathy, social pleasure, and emotional states in daily life. The empathic accuracy task was used to measure empathy accuracy (EA) in the laboratory. Multilevel regression models were estimated to examine group differences of the ESM variables and their associations. STUDY

resultsCompared to controls, people with SCZ showed lower EA but comparable cognitive and affective empathy in daily life, whereas Individuals with high SocAnh exhibited similar EA but lower affective empathy in daily life. Positive association between social pleasure and empathy was found across 3 groups. Empathy for positive emotions predicted increased positive emotional states in individuals with high SocAnh and controls, but not in people with SCZ. Positive emotional states predicted greater empathy in individuals with high SocAnh, which was not observed in the other 2 groups.

conclusionsOur findings revealed altered empathy in daily life among people at-risk for SCZ but not in clinical patients, shedding light on a better understanding of social cognitive changes in SCZ spectrum.

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AnhedoniaEmpathySchizophreniaSocial BehaviorAdultEcological Momentary AssessmentFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung Adultaffective empathycognitive empathyemotional statesexperience sampling methodschizophreniasocial pleasure

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PMID40825191
PMCPMC13391632

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