Brief report: Selective social anhedonia in high functioning autism
J Autism Dev Disord. 2011-10-11; 42(7): 1504-1509
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1364-0
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1. J Autism Dev Disord. 2012 Jul;42(7):1504-9. doi: 10.1007/s10803-011-1364-0.
Brief report: Selective social anhedonia in high functioning autism.
Chevallier C(1), Grèzes J, Molesworth C, Berthoz S, Happé F.
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(1)Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, MRC, Institute of
Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK.
Diminished social motivation is one of the most striking features in autism.
Yet, few studies have directly assessed the value people with an ASD place on
social interactions, or how rewarding they report it to be. In the present
study, we directly measure social motivation by looking at responses to a
questionnaire assessing self-reported pleasure in social and non social
situations. Twenty-nine adolescents with ASD and matched controls took part in
the study. Our results reveal that children with an ASD differ from the controls
with respect to social enjoyment, but not with respect to physical and other
sources of hedonism. Further analyses demonstrate that the degree of social
anhedonia correlates with autism severity.
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1364-0
PMID: 21986875 [Indexed for MEDLINE]