Abstract
The current study outlines the evaluation of the Slovak adaptation of the fifteen-item Revised Social Anhedonia Scale-Brief (RSAS-B). The final sample consisted of 1287 university students, of whom 75.71% were women (a mean age of 22.62 ± 4.01). The factor structure, construct validity and reliability were examined. The results demonstrate the sound psychometric properties of the Slovak version of the RSAS-B. McDonald’s omega was 0.79 and Cronbach’s was 0.79, both indicating the good reliability of the scale. The confirmatory factor analysis supported a one-factor solution as the adequate model in the non-clinical sample. The RSAS-B scores were positively related to other measures of psychopathology, including the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item, the Social Anxiety Disorder Dimensional Scale, and the Social Functioning Scale. The normative data were developed separately for men and women. The RSAS-B can be used as an adequate screening method to determine the social anhedonia.
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The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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This work was supported by the Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and Slovak Academy of Sciences [1/0184/19] and is the result of a project implemented by the Comenius University Science Park with the support from the Operational Programme Research and Development funded by the European Regional Development Fund [ITMS 26240220086].
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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Anton Heretik, Barbora Vašečková, Ľubica Forgáčová, Michal Patarák, Ján Pečeňák and Michal Hajdúk. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Alexandra Straková and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Straková, A., Januška, J., Heretik, A. et al. Psychometric properties of the Slovak version of the Revised Social Anhedonia Scale-Brief. Curr Psychol 42, 2121–2127 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01618-6
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