Motivation and Pleasure Deficits Undermine the Benefits of Social Affiliation in Psychosis.

ABSTRACT: In psychotic disorders, motivation and pleasure (MAP) deficits are associated with decreased affiliation and heightened functional impairment. We leveraged a transdiagnostic sample enriched for psychosis and a multi-method approach to test the hypothesis that MAP deficits undermine the stress-buffering benefits of affiliation. Participants completed the Social Affiliation Enhancement Task (SAET) to cultivate affiliation with an experimental partner. Although the SAET increased perceived affiliation and mood, individuals with greater negative symptoms derived smaller emotional benefits from the partners, as indexed by self-report and facial behavior. We then used the Handholding fMRI paradigm, which combines threat-anticipation with affiliative physical contact, to determine whether MAP def

SUBMITTER: Blanchard JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11617013 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature