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In a 2025 study, Wagner examined whether youth with misophonia show elevated SRPs and whether misophonia severity predicts SRPs by analyzing an existing pediatric dataset using parent‐report PROMIS‐SD scores and three misophonia severity measures. They found that youth with misophonia had more SRPs than the general population and comparable levels to youth with anxiety disorders, with no difference among misophonia‐only, anxiety‐only, and combined subgroups, and that misophonia severity remained associated with SRPs after controlling for age, gender, and internalizing/externalizing symptoms. From this they concluded that misophonia may be a vulnerability factor for SRPs in youth and that sleep should be assessed and potentially addressed in misophonia treatment (Wagner et al., 2025).