ArticleFrontiers in psychology2019
Personality Traits, Perceived Stress, and Tinnitus-Related Distress in Patients With Chronic Tinnitus: Support for a Vulnerability-Stress Model.
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- Embracing the psychological complexity of tinnitus-correlated distress: from descriptive nosology to person-centred explanatory models.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Emotional self-states and coping responses in patients with chronic tinnitus: a schema mode model approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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- Alexithymia in Patients with Somatization Difficulties and Tinnitus-Related Distress: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Tinnitus and Influencing Comorbidities.Laryngo- rhino- otologie · 2023Review
- A Heterogeneous Sample of a Spanish Tinnitus Cohort.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Tinnitus and Its Relation to Depression, Anxiety, and Stress-A Population-Based Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Hearing Aid Use Time Is Causally Influenced by Psychological Parameters in Mildly Distressed Patients with Chronic Tinnitus and Mild-to-Moderate Hearing Loss.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Vascular-Metabolic Risk Factors and Psychological Stress in Patients with Chronic Tinnitus.Nutrients · 2022Article
- A trouble shared is a trouble halved: The role of family identification and identification with humankind in well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.The British journal of social psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite vulnerability-stress models underlying a variety of distress-related emotional syndromes, few studies have investigated interactions between personality factors and subjectively experienced stressors in accounting for tinnitus-related distress.
aimThe present study compared personality characteristics between patients with chronic tinnitus and the general population. Within the patient sample, it was further examined whether personality dimensions predicted tinnitus-related distress and, if so, whether differential aspects or levels of perceived stress mediated these effects.
methodApplying a cross-sectional design, 100 patients with chronic tinnitus completed the Freiburger Persönlichkeitsinventar (
resultsPatients with chronic tinnitus significantly differed from the general population across a variety of personality indices. Tinnitus-related distress was mediated by differential interactions between personality factors and perceived stress dimensions.
conclusionIn conceptualizing tinnitus-related distress, idiosyncratic assessments of vulnerability-stress interactions are crucial for devising effective psychological treatment strategies. Patients' somatic complaints and worries appear to be partly informed by opposing tendencies reflecting emotional excitability vs. aggressive inhibition - suggesting emotion-focused treatment strategies as a promising new direction for alleviating distress.
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