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. 2025 Aug 13;12:e74427. doi: 10.2196/74427

Table 3. Reward predictors of activity enjoymenta.

Whole sample (n=1514) Cb (n=389) MDc (n=275) HDd (n=850)
Predictors (t−1) β 95% CI P value β 95% CI P value β 95% CI P value β 95% CI P value
Intercept 4.426 4.189 to 4.663 <.001 4.677 4.291 to 5.063 <.001 4.313 3.741 to 4.885 <.001 4.290 3.965 to 4.615 <.001
Anticipatory pleasure .118 0.051 to 0.185 <.001 .160 0.019 to 0.301 .03 .082 −0.089 to 0.253 .34 .118 0.034 to 0.202 .006
Expectation −.006 −0.01 to −0.002 .001 −.008 −0.016 to 0 .08 .000 −0.008 to 0.008 .99 −.008 −0.012 to −0.004 .001
Motivation (interest) .057 −0.006 to 0.12 .08 .000 −0.137 to 0.137 .99 .104 −0.051 to 0.259 .19 .051 −0.029 to 0.131 .22
Motivation (prefer) .027 −0.016 to 0.07 .21 .016 −0.062 to 0.094 .70 −.034 −0.138 to 0.07 .52 .056 −0.003 to 0.115 .058
a

Time-lagged predictors of enjoyment of activities in the whole sample, controls, moderate depression, and high depression groups. Time-lagged linear regressions, n = number of assessments. Controlled for assessment time and mood (negative affect and positive affect). When age and assessment period were added as extra covariates, results remained the same.

b

C: controls.

c

MD: moderate.

d

HD: high.