Research Article

Childhood Neglect rather than Abuse Is More Strongly Associated with Anhedonia across Major Depression and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Patients and University Students

Table 2

Comparison of anhedonia among MDD and OCD patients and university students, as well as between participants with and without CT in each sample.

MDDOCDUniversity studentsMDD (/)OCD (/)University students (/)
With CT ()Without CT ()With CT ()Without CT ()With CT ()Without CT ()With vs. without CTvs. university studentsvs. OCDWith vs. without CTvs. university studentsWith vs. without CT

TEPS-ANT34.87 (9.28)36.90 (9.53)40.74 (8.57)42.48 (6.90)43.06 (8.06)45.12 (8.06)-1.18-1.27-5.55
TEPS-CON30.16 (7.92)31.34 (8.20)32.92 (7.45)33.00 (7.25)35.97 (7.21)37.67 (7.49)-1.74-0.06-4.99
PAS31.00 (10.83)27.68 (11.1)24.57 (10.55)27.00 (12.3)17.77 (7.78)15.28 (7.32)2.42-1.277.21
SAS22.17 (6.74)19.23 (6.88)17.87 (7.75)18.83 (10.44)12.78 (6.28)10.21 (5.57)3.46-0.649.59
SHAPSa34.32 (5.95)32.10 (4.89)32.57 (5.69)30.95 (5.39)25.45 (5.62)23.36 (5.93)1.791.097.76
PAS (yes, %)161 (75.6%)60 (65.2%)49 (49.0%)25 (48.1%)169 (23.8%)198 (14.1%)3.46438.6825.060.0188.4530.85
SAS (yes, %)167 (78.4%)59 (64.1%)48 (48.0%)24 (46.2%)175 (24.7%)147 (10.5%)6.82525.8831.950.05101.6272.30
SHAPSa (yes, %)63 (85.1%)22 (75.9%)33 (71.8%)11 (52.4%)192 (27.1%)226 (16.1%)1.24219.926.302.4081.7035.53

aSample sizes in MDD and OCD with SHAPS recorded were 103 (with , without ) and 67 (with , without ). , , , and . OCD: obsessive-compulsive disorder; MDD: major depression disorder; CT: childhood trauma; PAS: Physical Anhedonia Scale; SAS: Social Anhedonia Scale; SHAPS: Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale.