Spanish adaptation of the adult version of the Anticipatory and Consummatory Interpersonal Pleasure Scale

Abstract

IntroductionTo date, there is a relative dearth of measures focusing on social anhedonia that are suitable for both patient and non-patient samples, up to date in terms of their content, and relatively brief. The goal of the present investigation was to validate the Spanish translation of the Anticipatory and Consummatory Interpersonal Pleasure Scale (ACIPS)-adult version for use with Spanish-speaking population. MethodThe total sample included 387 nonclinical individuals from Spain (128 males). The mean age was 21.86 (SD=5.11; range 18–46 years). The ACIPS and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) were used. ResultsExploratory factor analysis yielded a three-factor solution which explained 79.1% of the variance (Intimate Social Interactions, social bonding in the context of media/communications, and casual socialization). The total ACIPS showed good internal consistency, estimated with ordinal alpha was 0.92, ranging from 0.76 to 0.84 for the subscales. The participants who reported a minimal to low level of depressive symptoms had significantly higher total ACIPS scores than the participants who reported experiencing moderate to severe levels of depressive symptoms. Total scores on the ACIPS were negatively associated with scores on the BDI-II (r=−0.22, p<0.001). Participants with a family history reported significantly lower total ACIPS scores than those without a family history of schizophrenia. ConclusionsThe present results showed that the Spanish version of the ACIPS scores had adequate psychometric properties. The ACIPS may be useful in terms of helping to elucidate the ways in which individual differences in hedonic capacity for social and interpersonal relationships relates meaningfully to risk for various forms of psychopathology.