Emotional regulation, attachment to possessions and hoarding symptoms
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This study aimed to test which particular facets of emotion regulation (ER) are most linked to symptoms of hoarding disorder, and whether beliefs about emotional attachment to possessions (EA) mediate this relationship. A non-clinical sample of 150 participants (108 females) completed questionnaires of emotional tolerance (distress tolerance, anxiety sensitivity, negative urgency - impulsivity when experiencing negative emotions), depressed mood, hoarding, and beliefs about emotional attachment to possessions. While all emotional tolerance measures related to hoarding, when considered together and controlling for depression and age, anxiety sensitivity and urgency were the significant predictors. Anxiety sensitivity was fully mediated, and urgency partially mediated, via beliefs regarding emotional attachment to possessions. These findings provide further support for (1) the importance of anxiety sensitivity and negative urgency for hoarding symptoms, and (2) the view that individuals with HD symptoms may rely on items for emotion regulation, leading to stronger beliefs that items are integral to emotional wellbeing.
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Individuals with hoarding disorder acquire and save possessions as a means of gaining control and coping with distress.
“Individuals with hoarding disorder acquire and save possessions as a means of gaining control and coping with distress (Grisham et al., 2018; Kyrios et al., 2004; Phung et al., 2015; Steketee et al., 2003).”
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- Authors
- Phung, P. J., Moulding, R., Taylor, J. K., & Nedeljkovic, M.
- Affiliations
- Deakin University (AU)
- Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Moulding, Richard
- Venue
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-07-16
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 573-581
- ISSN
- 0036-5564 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9450
- OpenAlex
- W1514346278
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 63
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4
- FWCI
- 7.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- figshare.com
- Locations
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Keywords
- emotion regulation, hoarding disorder, emotional attachment to possessions, anxiety sensitivity, negative urgency, emotional tolerance, distress tolerance, depressive mood, mediation
- MeSH terms
- Self-Control, Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Object Attachment, Ownership, Young Adult, Hoarding
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