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Kurt Tunagur 2025 findings on the impact of sex on Misophonia

Kurt Tunagur et al. (2025) administered the A-MISO-S, DASS-21, and CERQ-SF to 200 Turkish medical students and found no sex difference in misophonia prevalence and no mean-level sex differences on any DASS-21 or CERQ-SF subscale. However, regression with sex × predictor interaction terms revealed that anxiety and low acceptance were more strongly associated with misophonia severity in males, while putting into perspective was more strongly associated with misophonia severity in females. The authors concluded that emotion regulation strategies function differently by sex in the context of misophonia even when males and females report similar average levels of distress and strategy use (Kurt Tunagur et al., 2025).