Misophonia is characterized by decreased tolerance for and negative reactions to certain sounds and associated stimuli, which contribute to impairment and distress. Research has found that misophonia is common in clinical, college, and online samples; yet, fewer studies have examined rates of misophonia in population-based samples. The current study addresses limitations of prior research by investigating misophonia prevalence, phenomenology, and impairment in a large, nationally representative sample of adults in the United States. Probability-based sampling was used to administer a survey to a representative sample of U.S. households. Data were adjusted with poststratification weights to account for potential sampling biases and examined as weighted proportions to estimate the outcomes. The sample included 4,005 participants (51.5% female; 62.5% White). Sensitivity to misophonia sounds was reported by 78.5% of the sample, and 4.6% reported clinical levels of misophonia. Results demonstrated significant demographic differences in misophonia symptom severity. Specifically, significantly higher misophonia symptoms were observed for participants who identified as female, less than 55 years old, less than a high school education, never married, lower income, and those working part time, compared to each of the respective comparison groups. Those with clinically significant misophonia symptoms reported that symptoms often onset in childhood and adolescence, were persistent, and contributed to severe impairment in at least one life domain. These findings provide a prevalence estimate of misophonia in the general population of the United States and inform our understanding of who is affected by misophonia. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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美国成年人全国代表性样本中恐音症的患病率、现象学和影响。


恐声症的特点是对某些声音和相关刺激的耐受性下降和负面反应，这会导致损伤和痛苦。研究发现，恐音症在临床、大学和网络样本中很常见；然而，很少有研究调查基于人群的样本中恐音症的发生率。目前的研究通过调查具有全国代表性的美国成年人样本中的恐音症患病率、现象学和障碍，解决了先前研究的局限性。基于概率的抽样用于对美国家庭的代表性样本进行调查。使用分层后权重对数据进行调整，以考虑潜在的抽样偏差，并按加权比例进行检查以估计结果。样本包括 4,005 名参与者（51.5% 为女性；62.5% 为白人）。 78.5% 的样本报告对恐音症声音敏感，4.6% 的样本报告恐音症的临床水平。结果表明，恐音症症状严重程度存在显着的人口统计学差异。具体来说，与每个对照组相比，女性、55 岁以下、高中以下学历、从未结婚、收入较低和兼职工作的参与者的恐音症状明显更高。那些具有临床显着恐音症状的人报告说，症状通常在儿童期和青春期出现，持续存在，并导致至少一个生活领域的严重损害。这些发现提供了美国普通人群中恐音症患病率的估计，并帮助我们了解谁受到恐音症的影响。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。