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Excessive acquisition in hoarding
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Compulsive hoarding (the acquisition of and failure to discard large numbers of possessions) is associated with substantial health risk, impairment, and economic burden. However, little research has examined separate components of this definition, particularly excessive acquisition. The present study examined acquisition in hoarding. Participants, 878 self-identified with hoarding and 665 family informants (not matched to hoarding participants), completed an Internet survey. Among hoarding participants who met criteria for clinically significant hoarding, 61% met criteria for a diagnosis of compulsive buying and approximately 85% reported excessive acquisition. Family informants indicated that nearly 95% exhibited excessive acquisition. Those who acquired excessively had more severe hoarding; their hoarding had an earlier onset and resulted in more psychiatric work impairment days; and they experienced more symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, and anxiety. Two forms of excessive acquisition (buying and free things) each contributed independent variance in the prediction of hoarding severity and related symptoms.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Frost, R. O., Tolin, D. F., Steketee, G., Fitch, K. E., & Selbo-Bruns, A.
- Affiliations
- Smith College (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Boston University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Frost, Randy O.
- Venue
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-06
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 632-639
- ISSN
- 0887-6185 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2735347
- OpenAlex
- W1986985901
- Cited by
- 200
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 17.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Smith ScholarWorks (Smith College) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (L30 AA014991)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH074934, MH068007, R01MH068008, R21MH068539, R01MH068007)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Personal Information Management and User Behavior
- Keywords
- hoarding disorder, compulsive buying, hoarding severity, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, depression, anxiety, work impairment, age of onset
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Severity of Illness Index, Socioeconomic Factors, Age of Onset
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