The central role of symptom severity and associated characteristics for functional impairment in misophonia

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ID15527278
AutoresAnne Möllmann (0000-0003-0439-8258, Bielefeld University, autor de correspondencia), Nina Heinrichs (0000-0002-8301-5798, Bielefeld University), Lisa Illies (Bielefeld University), Nadine Potthast (Bielefeld University), Hanna Kley (Bielefeld University)
Año2023
Volumen14
Páginas1112472-1112472
Fecha de publicación2023-03-28
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
EditorialFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1112472
PMID37056403
OpenAlexW4361215420
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas36

Misophonia is characterized by a preoccupation with and strong emotional and behavioral reactions to certain triggers, mostly sounds related to eating and breathing. We applied functional impairment due to misophonic symptoms as a central criterion to investigate differences between clinical misophonia and normative decreased sound tolerance in a large non-random sample of n = 1,881 individuals from an online survey. We assessed the frequency of self-reported misophonia symptoms across various symptom measures, compared severity, triggers and emotional reactions, general psychopathology, interpersonal emotion regulation, and quality of life between both groups with and without functional impairing misophonia. Individuals with functional impairment due to misophonia ( n = 839) revealed significantly higher general psychopathology symptoms, lower interpersonal emotion regulation skills, and lower quality of life than individuals without impairment ( n = 1,042). Anxious/distressed and annoyed reactions to triggers were experienced more frequently compared to emotional reactions of disgust and sadness or depression in both groups. Overall, the group differences were primarily quantitative in nature. We discuss practical implications regarding classification and treatment and provide cutoffs for each symptom measure derived from group assignment for functional impairment

Anger · Anxiety · Disgust · Functional impairment · Psychiatry · Psychopathology · Psychotherapist · Quality of life (healthcare · Sadness · Clinical Psychology · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation · Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology