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Spencer 2023 findings on trait mindfulness and cognitive emotional regulation in pediatric Misophonia

In a 2023 study, Spencer and colleagues examined trait mindfulness and cognitive emotion regulation as candidate psychological mechanisms in pediatric misophonia using a cross-sectional correlational and moderation design in 102 youth. They found that greater misophonia severity was associated with lower trait mindfulness and greater maladaptive CER (especially self-blame), and that trait mindfulness uniquely predicted misophonia features and buffered the association between misophonia severity and peer relationship functioning. From this they concluded that trait mindfulness and, to a lesser extent, self-blame are potentially relevant processes in pediatric misophonia and represent candidate targets for psychosocial intervention (Spencer et al., 2023).