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In a 2026 study, Karaytuğ examined the severity of misophonia symptoms in individuals with obsessive–compulsive disorder and tested whether anxiety sensitivity and mindfulness mediated the relationship between OCD symptom severity and misophonia using a cross-sectional comparative design with group comparisons, regression, and mediation analyses. They found that individuals with OCD reported significantly higher misophonia, greater anxiety sensitivity, and lower mindfulness than controls, and that anxiety sensitivity was the only independent predictor of misophonia severity. Mediation analyses showed that anxiety sensitivity fully mediated the association between OCD severity and misophonia, whereas mindfulness showed partial mediation in simple models but not in serial mediation. From this, they concluded that misophonia symptoms accompanying OCD are primarily linked to heightened anxiety sensitivity rather than core obsessive–compulsive severity, with mindfulness playing a secondary role (Karaytuğ et al., 2026).

Emotional Overlap Between Misophonia and OCD

A 2026 study examined the severity of misophonia symptoms in individuals with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) using a cross-sectional comparative design. Individuals with OCD reported significantly higher misophonia symptoms compared to controls, along with greater anxiety sensitivity and lower mindfulness. These findings suggest that misophonia frequently co-occurs with elevated emotional vulnerability in OCD populations, indicating overlap between misophonia symptoms and broader emotional sensitivity traits. (Karaytuğ et al., 2026)

Anxiety Sensitivity as a Mediator of Misophonia Severity in OCD

A 2026 study tested whether anxiety sensitivity and mindfulness mediate the relationship between obsessive–compulsive symptom severity and misophonia using regression and mediation analyses. Anxiety sensitivity emerged as the only independent predictor of misophonia severity, and mediation analyses showed that it fully mediated the association between OCD severity and misophonia. Mindfulness showed partial mediation in simple models but not in serial mediation. These findings suggest that misophonia symptoms observed in individuals with OCD may be primarily linked to heightened anxiety sensitivity rather than core obsessive–compulsive severity. (Karaytuğ et al., 2026)

Misophonia Severity in Individuals with OCD

A 2026 study investigating misophonia in individuals with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) found that participants with OCD reported significantly higher levels of misophonia symptoms compared to control participants. However, statistical analyses indicated that this relationship was primarily explained by differences in anxiety sensitivity rather than by core obsessive–compulsive symptom severity itself. The authors therefore concluded that misophonia symptoms observed in OCD populations are more closely associated with heightened anxiety sensitivity than with OCD severity per se. (Karaytuğ et al., 2026)