Measuring misophonia in youth: A psychometric evaluation of child and parent measures
(2023) In Journal of Affective Disorders 338. p.180-186- Abstract
- Background
Misophonia is characterized by intense emotional reactions to specific sounds or visual stimuli and typically onsets during childhood. An obstacle for research and clinical practice is that no comprehensively evaluated measures for pediatric misophonia exist.
Methods
In a sample of 102 youth meeting the proposed diagnostic criteria of misophonia, we evaluated the child and parent-proxy versions of the self-reported Misophonia Assessment Questionnaire (MAQ; assessing broad aspects of misophonia) and the child version of the Amsterdam Misophonia Scale (A-MISO-S; assessing misophonia severity). Confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis were used to examine factor structures of the measures. Further, child-parent... (More) - Background
Misophonia is characterized by intense emotional reactions to specific sounds or visual stimuli and typically onsets during childhood. An obstacle for research and clinical practice is that no comprehensively evaluated measures for pediatric misophonia exist.
Methods
In a sample of 102 youth meeting the proposed diagnostic criteria of misophonia, we evaluated the child and parent-proxy versions of the self-reported Misophonia Assessment Questionnaire (MAQ; assessing broad aspects of misophonia) and the child version of the Amsterdam Misophonia Scale (A-MISO-S; assessing misophonia severity). Confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis were used to examine factor structures of the measures. Further, child-parent agreement on the MAQ and associations between MAQ/A-MISO-S and impairment, quality of life, and misophonia-related school interference were examined to evaluate aspects of convergent validity.
Results
For both youth- and parent-ratings, four MAQ factors emerged: pessimism, distress, interference, and non-recognition. A-MISO-S showed a unidimensional structure, but the item ‘effort to resist’ did not load significantly onto the unidimensional factor. Good child-parent agreement on the MAQ scales were found and both MAQ and A-MISO-S were moderately to strongly associated with misophonia-related impairment and school interference, and inversely associated with quality of life.
Limitations
MAQ and A-MISO-S assess sensitivity to auditory but not visual stimuli, the sample size was modest, and repeated assessments were not conducted.
Conclusions
The combination of MAQ and A-MISO-S shows promise as a multidimensional assessment approach for pediatric misophonia. Future evaluations should include known-groups validity, screening performance, and sensitivity to change in symptom severity. (Less)
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- Cervin, Matti LU ; Guzick, Andrew ; Clinger, Jane ; Smith, Eleanor ; Goodman, Wayne K. ; Lijffijt, Marijn ; Murphy, Nicholas ; Rast, Catherine ; Schneider, Sophie C. and Storch, Eric A.
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- Elsevier
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- 0165-0327
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- 10.1016/j.jad.2023.05.093
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abstract = {{Background<br/>Misophonia is characterized by intense emotional reactions to specific sounds or visual stimuli and typically onsets during childhood. An obstacle for research and clinical practice is that no comprehensively evaluated measures for pediatric misophonia exist.<br/><br/>Methods<br/>In a sample of 102 youth meeting the proposed diagnostic criteria of misophonia, we evaluated the child and parent-proxy versions of the self-reported Misophonia Assessment Questionnaire (MAQ; assessing broad aspects of misophonia) and the child version of the Amsterdam Misophonia Scale (A-MISO-S; assessing misophonia severity). Confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis were used to examine factor structures of the measures. Further, child-parent agreement on the MAQ and associations between MAQ/A-MISO-S and impairment, quality of life, and misophonia-related school interference were examined to evaluate aspects of convergent validity.<br/><br/>Results<br/>For both youth- and parent-ratings, four MAQ factors emerged: pessimism, distress, interference, and non-recognition. A-MISO-S showed a unidimensional structure, but the item ‘effort to resist’ did not load significantly onto the unidimensional factor. Good child-parent agreement on the MAQ scales were found and both MAQ and A-MISO-S were moderately to strongly associated with misophonia-related impairment and school interference, and inversely associated with quality of life.<br/><br/>Limitations<br/>MAQ and A-MISO-S assess sensitivity to auditory but not visual stimuli, the sample size was modest, and repeated assessments were not conducted.<br/><br/>Conclusions<br/>The combination of MAQ and A-MISO-S shows promise as a multidimensional assessment approach for pediatric misophonia. Future evaluations should include known-groups validity, screening performance, and sensitivity to change in symptom severity.}},
author = {{Cervin, Matti and Guzick, Andrew and Clinger, Jane and Smith, Eleanor and Goodman, Wayne K. and Lijffijt, Marijn and Murphy, Nicholas and Rast, Catherine and Schneider, Sophie C. and Storch, Eric A.}},
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