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anhedonia /an·he·do·nia/ (an″he-do´ne-ah) inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts.
anhedonia [an′hēdō′nē·ə] Etymology: Gk, a + hedone, not pleasure the inability to feel pleasure or happiness in response to experiences that are ordinarily pleasurable. It is often a characteristic of major depression and schizophrenia. anhedonic, adj. anhedonia Psychiatry Absence of pleasure from activities that are normally or had previously been pleasurable. See Sexual anhedonia. Cf Hedonism. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Among them, Lee found that for boys, anhedonia was predicted by career indecision and negativity-passivity was predicted by ego identity more strongly for Japanese and Korean boys than for Japanese and Korean girls. The distraction of experiencing something, anything, was better than consistent anhedonia. Similarly, in an anhedonia test, the CPF-exposed group showed a decreased preference for chocolate milk versus water. |
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