Protocol - Hedonic Tone or Response to Pleasurable Situations

Personnel and Training Required

None

Equipment Needs

None

Requirements

Requirement Category	Required
Major equipment	No
Specialized training	No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection	No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual	No

Mode of Administration

Self-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Adult

Participants

Adults 18 and older; not valid with the blind.

Selection Rationale

Anhedonia, the inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts, is associated with smoking cessation outcomes. Emotional regulation, and specifically anhedonia, may be a core dimension of depression that is associated with cessation failure. Further, animal studies have implicated anhedonia in response to drug withdrawal, and it is linked to drug self-administration.

Language

English

Standards

Standard	Name	ID	Source
caDSR Form	PhenX PX710601 - Hedonic Tone Or Response To Pleasurable Situations	6238160	caDSR Form

Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

Not applicable.

Protocol Name from Source

The Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS)

Source

Snaith, R. P., Hamilton, M., Morley, S., Humayan, A., Hargreaves, D., & Trigwell, P. (1995). A scale for the assessment of hedonic tone the Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale. British Journal of Psychiatry, 167(1), 99-103.

General References

Dawkins, L., Powell, J. H., Pickering, A., Powell, J. & West, R. (2009). Patterns of change in withdrawal symptoms, desire to smoke, reward motivation and response inhibition across 3 months of smoking abstinence. Addiction, 104, 850-858.

Dawkins, L., Powell, J. H., West, R., Powell, J., & Pickering, A. (2006). A double-blind placebo controlled experimental study of nicotine: I-Effects on incentive motivation. Psychopharmacology, 189, 355-367.

Leventhal, A. M., Chasson, G. S., Tapia, E., Miller, E. K., & Pettit, J. W. (2006). Measuring hedonic capacity in depression: A psychometric analysis of three anhedonia scales. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62, 1545-1558.

Snaith, R. P., Hamilton, M., Morley, S., Humayan, A., Hargreaves, D., & Trigwell, P. (1995). A scale for the assessment of hedonic tone the Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure

Scale. British Journal of Psychiatry, 167(1), 99-103.

Protocol ID

710601

Variables

Export Variables

Variable Name	Variable ID	Variable Description	dbGaP Mapping
PX710601_Pleasure_Bath_Shower
	PX710601050000	I would enjoy a warm bath or refreshing shower:	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Enjoy_Favourite_Meal
	PX710601040000	I would be able to enjoy my favourite meal:	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Family_Friends
	PX710601020000	I would enjoy being with my family or close more friends: show less	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Helping_Others
	PX710601130000	I would get pleasure from helping others:	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Hobbies_Pastimes
	PX710601030000	I would find pleasure in my hobbies and pastimes:	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Landscape_View
	PX710601120000	I would be able to enjoy a beautiful more landscape or view: show less	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Looking_Smart_Appearance
	PX710601080000	I would enjoy looking smart when I have made more an effort with my appearance: show less	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Reading
	PX710601090000	I would enjoy reading a book, magazine or more newspaper: show less	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Receive_Praise
	PX710601140000	I would feel pleasure when I receive praise more from other people: show less	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Scent
	PX710601060000	I would find pleasure in the scent of more flowers or the smell of a fresh sea breeze or freshly baked bread: show less	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Scoring
	PX710601150000	Either of the Disagree responses receives a more score of 1 and either of the Agree responses receives a score of 0. The SHAPS is scored as the sum of the 14 items so that total scores ranged from 0 to 14. A higher total SHAPS score indicated higher level show less	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Small_Things
	PX710601110000	I would find pleasure in small things, e.g., more bright sunny day, a telephone call from a friend: show less	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Smiling_Faces
	PX710601070000	I would enjoy seeing other people's smiling faces:	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Tea_Coffee_Drink
	PX710601100000	I would enjoy a cup of tea or coffee or my more favourite drink: show less	N/A
PX710601_Pleasure_Television_Radio
	PX710601010000	I would enjoy my favourite television or more radio programme: show less	N/A

Tobacco Regulatory Research - Host: Social/Cognitive

Measure Name

Hedonic Tone or Response to Pleasurable Situations

Release Date

February 20, 2015

Definition

A self-report measure to determine anhedonia or an individual’s inability to experience pleasure.

Purpose

This scale is designed to measure the degree to which a person is able to experience pleasure or the anticipation of a pleasurable experience. Anhedonia can serve as a baseline, trait-like variable, as well as a state that can be influenced by tobacco use.

Keywords

hedonic tone or response to pleasurable situations, personality, anhedonia, emotion regulation, emotions, pleasure, depression, pleasurable acts, withdrawal, affect, reward value

Measure Protocols

Protocol ID	Protocol Name
710601	Hedonic Tone or Response to Pleasurable Situations

Publications

Garcia-Cazarin, M.L., Mandal, R.J., Grana, R., Wanke, K.L., Meissner, H. (2020) Host-agent-vector-environment measures for electronic cigarette research used in NIH grants. Tobacco Control. 2020 January; 29(1). doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-054032

Schleicher, N. C., et al. (2018) Concordance of Advertised Cigarette Prices with Purchase Receipts in the United States. Tobacco Regulatory Science. 2018 May; 4(3): 3-9. doi: 10.18001/TRS.4.3.1