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a theme of Coping Behaviors in Misophonia

Dibb et al. (2026) conducted 24 semi-structured interviews with adults reporting misophonia (screened with the Misophonia Response Scale), analysing them inductively with reflexive thematic analysis, and found that coping formed a central strand of their "influencing factors" theme, spanning avoidance, active environmental control, earplug use, and distraction, alongside a sense of relief and validation from encountering other misophonics after prolonged isolation. The authors concluded that avoidant coping and awareness of available support are the two most tractable targets for reducing the condition's negative impact, framing both as points of leverage for intervention (Dibb et al., 2026).