Measuring Possessions as Extensions of Self and Links to Significant Others in Hoarding: the Possessions as Others and Self Inventory

Kings, Christopher; Moulding, Richard; Yap, Keong; Gazzola, Rachael; Knight, Tess

doi:10.1007/s10862-020-09858-9

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“…According to self-completion theory (Wicklund and Gollwitzer, 1982), individuals with negative self-concepts may seek ways to build their self-worth (Banister and Hogg, 2004). Possessions are perceived to be extensions of the self and significant others (Claes et al, 2016;Kings et al, 2021), which has been found to be positively correlated with hoarding symptoms and beliefs (Kings et al, 2021). Hoarders may believe that owning objects is more important than using them, and discarding these objects makes them feel like they have lost part of their identity (Foster et al, 2007).…”

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“…Hoarders may believe that owning objects is more important than using them, and discarding these objects makes them feel like they have lost part of their identity (Foster et al, 2007). That is, individuals may engage in hoarding behaviors to get a sense of self-identity and establish their self-worth (Kings et al, 2017(Kings et al, , 2021. Thus, it is reasonable to infer the negative relationship between self-esteem and hoarding behavior.…”

Section: The Mediating Role Of Self-esteemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and hoarding behavior: A moderated multi-mediation model

Gong

Tan²,

Huang³

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Hoarding behavior may not only interfere with hoarders’ daily lives but may also endanger the community. However, few studies have investigated the role of personality characteristics in hoarding behavior. We hypothesized that dispositional mindfulness would be negatively associated with hoarding behavior, and tested mechanisms and gender differences in this association. An online survey was conducted in a sample of 533 Chinese adults (262 women, Mage = 26.82; SD = 6.30). Regression-based analyses showed that mindfulness was associated with less hoarding behavior through higher self-esteem and lower emotion dysregulation. Moreover, gender moderated the mediating effect of emotion dysregulation in the association between mindfulness and hoarding behavior. Specifically, the indirect association was only significant for women. These findings provide a deeper understanding of how, why, and for whom dispositional mindfulness is negatively associated with hoarding behavior, they provide support for self-completion theory and the cognitive-behavioral model of hoarding, and they have heuristic value for future research.

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Section: The Mediating Role Of Self-esteemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Mediating Role Of Self-esteemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and hoarding behavior: A moderated multi-mediation model

Gong

Tan²,

Huang³

2022

Front. Psychol.

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An online experimental test of the compensatory process in hoarding disorder: reducing loneliness and its effects on object attachment

Yap,

Timpano,

Schmidt

et al. 2024

Curr Psychol

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Attachment theory suggests that strong object attachment in hoarding disorder (HD) may be due to an attempt at compensating for unmet relatedness needs. We tested this compensatory process with an online experiment and hypothesized that reducing loneliness among participants with high hoarding symptoms would result in lower object attachment, and that change in loneliness would mediate the impact of an online loneliness intervention on object attachment. A pretest-posttest control group design was used. Participants were 298 MTurk workers pre-screened for high hoarding symptoms recruited via cloudresearch.com. At Time 1, participants completed measures of hoarding severity, loneliness, and four aspects of object attachment: overall object attachment to possessions, insecure object attachment, attachment to an old cherished item, and attachment to a novel item. We randomly assigned participants to either a loneliness intervention (n = 142) or an active control (a health education program; n = 156). All participants completed follow-up questionnaires after two weeks. We conducted ANCOVAs to assess for group differences at Time 2 whilst controlling for Time 1 variables. Results showed small but significant improvements in loneliness, thwarted belongingness, and object attachment for the novel item for participants who received the loneliness intervention relative to control participants. Mediational analyses revealed that the change in loneliness mediated the effect of the intervention on insecure object attachment. Consistent with attachment theory, these results indicate that reducing loneliness might lead to lower object attachment in hoarding disorder. Trials with clinical participants using more intensive loneliness interventions are warranted.

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High levels of loneliness in people with hoarding disorder

Yap¹,

Timpano²,

Isemann³

et al. 2023

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

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Measuring Possessions as Extensions of Self and Links to Significant Others in Hoarding: the Possessions as Others and Self Inventory

Cited by 3 publications

References 37 publications

Exploring the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and hoarding behavior: A moderated multi-mediation model

Exploring the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and hoarding behavior: A moderated multi-mediation model

An online experimental test of the compensatory process in hoarding disorder: reducing loneliness and its effects on object attachment

High levels of loneliness in people with hoarding disorder

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