Pleasure in music and its relationship with social anhedonia

  1. María García Rodríguez 1
  2. José Fernando Fernández Company 2
  3. Jesús M. Alvarado 1
  4. Virginia Jiménez 1
  5. Anelia Ivanova Iotova 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

  2. 2 Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
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    Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/029gnnp81

Journal:
Estudios de Psicología = Studies in Psychology

ISSN: 0210-9395,  1579-3699

Year of publication: 2021

Volume: 42

Issue: 1

Pages: 158-183

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1080/02109395.2020.1857632 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

More publications in: Estudios de Psicología = Studies in Psychology

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the inability to feel pleasure towards music — or musical anhedonia — is part of the psychological construct of anhedonia (DSM-5) or whether they are both independent constructs, as suggested by the field of cognitive neuroscience. To assess this objective, six unpublished musical compositions were created to evoke basic emotions. We analysed the level of arousal and valence in a sample of 153 music professionals and 303 students (M = 17.58 years, SD = 4.16) and were able to verify a high consistency between the results of both groups. By using a structural equation model, we subsequently observed a statistically significant high correlation (r = .63, p < .001) between the latent means of valence (pleasure evoked by musical fragments) and levels of social anhedonia, measured by the Anticipatory and Consummatory Interpersonal Pleasure Scale (ACIPS). Furthermore, social pleasure maintained inverse correlations with the emotions of negative valence (Anger, Fear and Disgust) provoked by musical fragments, which allowed us to conclude that musical anhedonia is strongly related to social anhedonia.

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