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A nomological network for misophonia in two German samples using the S-Five model for misophonia

The Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome Scale (S-Five) is a contemporary and multidimensional self-report instrument measuring different aspects of misophonia. The five-factor scale consists of 25 items measuring the severity of the misophonic experience. The items capture misophonia in relation to...

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Autores principales: Remmert, Nico, Jebens, Antonia, Gruzman, Rebecca, Gregory, Jane, Vitoratou, Silia
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9811822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619047
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.902807
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author Remmert, Nico
Jebens, Antonia
Gruzman, Rebecca
Gregory, Jane
Vitoratou, Silia
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Jebens, Antonia
Gruzman, Rebecca
Gregory, Jane
Vitoratou, Silia
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description The Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome Scale (S-Five) is a contemporary and multidimensional self-report instrument measuring different aspects of misophonia. The five-factor scale consists of 25 items measuring the severity of the misophonic experience. The items capture misophonia in relation to internalising and externalising appraisals, perceived threat, aggressive behavior (outbursts), and adverse impact on individuals’ lives. It is complemented by a trigger checklist (S-Five-T), measuring the emotional nature and intensity of reactions to sensory triggers. In this work, we administered the S-Five in two German samples with a majority of individuals with significant misophonia. The S-Five and the supplementary S-Five-T were both translated into German using a rigorous translation procedure (i.e., TRAPD) and were separately tested in large German community samples. Psychometric analyses included the evaluation of the factor structure, measurement invariance with respect to age and gender, reliability (internal consistency and stability over time), and an extensive examination of the construct validity in a proposed nomological network. The nomological network we explore in this work consists of several constructs including different misophonic manifestations, anger and aggression, disgust propensity, anxiety sensitivity, depression, obsessive–compulsive traits, and functional impairment in different life domains. Results indicate evidence in line with the nomological network as demonstrated by strong correlations between the S-Five dimensions and convergent measures. All S-Five dimensions strongly correlated with overall misophonic symptoms (r ≥ 0.53). Internalising appraisals were highly associated with insight into excessive or disproportionate reactions to sounds (r ≥ 0.59), externalising appraisals with anger and irritability (r ≥ 0.46), threat with trait anxiety and dysregulation facets (r ≥ 0.62), aggressive behavior (outbursts) with anger and behavioral dysregulation (r ≥ 0.70), and impact with distress and functional impairment (r ≥ 0.64). The results demonstrate that the S-Five has a robust five-factor structure and allows to draw reliable and valid conclusions about misophonic experiences in German samples. The proposed nomological network gives an initial insight into the nature of misophonia and provides a formalized fundament to develop and test further hypotheses about misophonia in a more sophisticated and symptom-oriented way.
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spelling pubmed-98118222023-01-05 A nomological network for misophonia in two German samples using the S-Five model for misophonia Remmert, Nico Jebens, Antonia Gruzman, Rebecca Gregory, Jane Vitoratou, Silia Front Psychol Psychology The Selective Sound Sensitivity Syndrome Scale (S-Five) is a contemporary and multidimensional self-report instrument measuring different aspects of misophonia. The five-factor scale consists of 25 items measuring the severity of the misophonic experience. The items capture misophonia in relation to internalising and externalising appraisals, perceived threat, aggressive behavior (outbursts), and adverse impact on individuals’ lives. It is complemented by a trigger checklist (S-Five-T), measuring the emotional nature and intensity of reactions to sensory triggers. In this work, we administered the S-Five in two German samples with a majority of individuals with significant misophonia. The S-Five and the supplementary S-Five-T were both translated into German using a rigorous translation procedure (i.e., TRAPD) and were separately tested in large German community samples. Psychometric analyses included the evaluation of the factor structure, measurement invariance with respect to age and gender, reliability (internal consistency and stability over time), and an extensive examination of the construct validity in a proposed nomological network. The nomological network we explore in this work consists of several constructs including different misophonic manifestations, anger and aggression, disgust propensity, anxiety sensitivity, depression, obsessive–compulsive traits, and functional impairment in different life domains. Results indicate evidence in line with the nomological network as demonstrated by strong correlations between the S-Five dimensions and convergent measures. All S-Five dimensions strongly correlated with overall misophonic symptoms (r ≥ 0.53). Internalising appraisals were highly associated with insight into excessive or disproportionate reactions to sounds (r ≥ 0.59), externalising appraisals with anger and irritability (r ≥ 0.46), threat with trait anxiety and dysregulation facets (r ≥ 0.62), aggressive behavior (outbursts) with anger and behavioral dysregulation (r ≥ 0.70), and impact with distress and functional impairment (r ≥ 0.64). The results demonstrate that the S-Five has a robust five-factor structure and allows to draw reliable and valid conclusions about misophonic experiences in German samples. The proposed nomological network gives an initial insight into the nature of misophonia and provides a formalized fundament to develop and test further hypotheses about misophonia in a more sophisticated and symptom-oriented way. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9811822/ /pubmed/36619047 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.902807 Text en Copyright © 2022 Remmert, Jebens, Gruzman, Gregory and Vitoratou. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Remmert, Nico
Jebens, Antonia
Gruzman, Rebecca
Gregory, Jane
Vitoratou, Silia
A nomological network for misophonia in two German samples using the S-Five model for misophonia
title A nomological network for misophonia in two German samples using the S-Five model for misophonia
title_full A nomological network for misophonia in two German samples using the S-Five model for misophonia
title_fullStr A nomological network for misophonia in two German samples using the S-Five model for misophonia
title_full_unstemmed A nomological network for misophonia in two German samples using the S-Five model for misophonia
title_short A nomological network for misophonia in two German samples using the S-Five model for misophonia
title_sort nomological network for misophonia in two german samples using the s-five model for misophonia
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9811822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619047
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.902807
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