Disgust and Emotion Dysregulation in Misophonia: a Case for Mental Contamination?

Barahmand, Usha; Stalias-Mantzikos, Maria E.; Rotlevi, Esther; Xiang, Ying

doi:10.1007/s11469-021-00677-x

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“…It is also possible that those who have had outbursts in the past may experience more anxiety in general, in anticipation of what might happen in triggering situations or anxiety about the impact of their outbursts. It is possible that these associations could be explained by emotion dysregulation, in line with the findings of Barahmand et al (2021) and Cassiello-Robbins et al (2020) . There may also be other variables not yet measured in misophonia research that could be contributing to these relationships, for example, a tendency to engage in angry rumination, which has previously been linked to generalised anxiety ( Jessup et al, 2019 ), aggression and externalisation of blame ( Schoenleber et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…Disgust sensitivity was also a significant independent predictor of misophonic outbursts. Barahmand et al (2021) found an association between disgust sensitivity and misophonic behaviours, which included aggressive outbursts as well as non-aggressive avoidance. They found that this was completely mediated by emotional dysregulation, which we did not measure in our study.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The studies described above did not examine aggression in the context of misophonia-specific outbursts, focusing instead on general aggression and outbursts. Barahmand et al (2021) examined traits of dealing with emotions as predictors of misophonic behaviour, which included misophonia-specific aggression. They found that disgust sensitivity was associated with misophonic behaviours, but this relationship was fully mediated by emotion dysregulation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Existing research has shown us that symptoms of misophonia are likely associated with a range of emotion processes. Based on the literature, it seems that there are several potential emotion processes associated with misophonia, including an increased propensity to experience certain emotions ( Barahmand et al, 2021 ), awareness of bodily sensations connected to emotions (interoception; Kumar et al, 2017 ; McKay et al, 2018 ), beliefs about the nature and consequences of sensations caused by emotion (e.g., anxiety sensitivity; Schadegg et al, 2021 ) and the presence of symptoms of disorders related to emotional health, such as anxiety and depression ( Erfanian et al, 2019 ; Jager et al, 2020 ).…”

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Emotion Processes Predicting Outbursts and Functional Impact in Misophonia

Wang

Vitoratou²,

Uglik‐Marucha³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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Misophonia involves a decreased tolerance to certain sounds and is associated with a range of emotions and emotion processes. In addition to the distress caused by misophonia, some individuals report having aggressive outbursts and significant impact on doing things they would like to be able to do. This study aimed to examine whether misophonia-specific cognitive and emotional processes were associated with misophonic outbursts and impact, and whether these relationships could be explained in part by emotion processes not specific to misophonia. A sample of 703 individuals, 315 of whom identified with having misophonia, completed measures of misophonia, depression and anxiety symptoms, anxiety and disgust sensitivity, interoception and beliefs about emotions. Exploratory correlation and regression analyses were used to build mediation models, which were tested using multiple linear regression. Externalising appraisals (blaming others for causing one’s reaction to sounds) were positively associated with misophonic outbursts, and this relationship was partially explained by anxiety symptoms and disgust sensitivity. Sense of emotional threat in misophonia predicted functional impact of misophonia, and this was partially explained by depression symptoms and negative beliefs about emotions. Anxiety sensitivity and interoception were not significant independent predictors of misophonic outbursts or functional impact. These results provide support for the relevance of emotion processes in misophonia and highlight the importance of using multi-dimensional measures of misophonia to improve our understanding of the condition.

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Emotion Processes Predicting Outbursts and Functional Impact in Misophonia

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Vitoratou²,

Uglik‐Marucha³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…These individuals may not eat or may avoid certain situations due to the presence of selective sounds [3]. Deficits in emotion regulation are central to the negative emotionality and severity of misophonia [4,5] and the negative emotions elicited by the aversive triggers can range from mild annoyance to intense distress, anger or disgust [5].…”

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Linking disgust and misophonia: The role of mental contamination

Barahmand

2023

Arch Psych Psych

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Aim of the studyIn the current study, the authors sought to examine whether the link between moral and sexual disgust and misophonia is mediated by mental contamination.Subject or material and methodsAn internationally diverse sample of 283 adults (193 females, 76 males, and 14 non-binary individuals) ranging in age from 18 to 60 years old was recruited from online social media platforms and survey recruitment sites. The sample completed an online battery of scales that consisted of the New York Misophonia Scale, State Metal Contamination Scale, and the Three-Domain Disgust Scale. The hypotheses were evaluated using a series of mediations. performed using the PROCESS add-on in SPSS.ResultsCorrelations were found between emotional and aggressive-avoidant reactions in misophonia, mental contamination, pathogen disgust, and sexual disgust. Moral disgust and non-aggressive reactions in misophonia failed to correlate significantly with any of the other constructs. Sexual disgust had direct and indirect effects while pathogen disgust had only direct effects on aspects of misophonia.DiscussionThese findings partially support our hypothesis that mental contamination mediates the link between disgust propensity and misophonia while also confirming that pathogen-based disgust is not associated with mental contamination.ConclusionsFindings imply that misophonia is distinct from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Further research into the conceptualization of moral disgust is warranted.

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State of the Science: Disgust and the Anxiety Disorders

Mitchell,

Olatunji

2024

Behavior Therapy

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Disgust and Emotion Dysregulation in Misophonia: a Case for Mental Contamination?

Cited by 9 publications

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Emotion Processes Predicting Outbursts and Functional Impact in Misophonia

Emotion Processes Predicting Outbursts and Functional Impact in Misophonia

Linking disgust and misophonia: The role of mental contamination

State of the Science: Disgust and the Anxiety Disorders

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