- Oxford Library of Psychology
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Introduction and Overview
- Hoarding in History
- Phenomenology of Hoarding
- Ownership and Collecting
- Diagnosis of Hoarding Disorder
- Hoarding Behavior in Other Disorders
- Comorbidity in Hoarding Disorder
- Acquisition of Possessions in Hoarding Disorder
- Information Processing
- Emotional Attachment to Objects in Hoarding: A Critical Review of the Evidence
- Animal Hoarding
- Severe Domestic Squalor
- Genetics and Family Models of Hoarding Disorder
- The Neurobiology of Hoarding Disorder
- Hoarding in Animals: The Argument for a Homology
- Psychological Models of Hoarding
- The Economics of Hoarding
- Assessing Hoarding and Related Phenomena
- Insight and Motivation
- Individual Cognitive and Behavioral Treatment for Hoarding
- Alternative Treatment Modalities
- Pharmacotherapy of Compulsive Hoarding
- Family Interventions for Hoarding
- Community Interventions for Hoarding
- Compulsive Hoarding in Children
- Hoarding in Older Adults
- Future Directions for Hoarding Research
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Abstract and Keywords
Accumulating evidence suggests that the overwhelming majority of people with hoarding disorder (HD) acquire excessively. Excessive acquisition in HD is associated with greater severity of symptoms. Compulsive buying and the excessive acquisition of free things are the most frequent forms of acquisition, although a small percentage of individuals engage in stealing. Features thought to be important in the development of hoarding (e.g., indecisiveness, perfectionism) are also associated with excessive acquisition. Some evidence suggests that excessive acquisition may be easier to treat than clutter or difficulty in discarding. A significant number of people with HD, even those who report no present or past difficulties with acquisition, report engaging in behaviors designed to avoid cues for acquiring.
Keywords: compulsive buying, excessive acquisition, acquisition specifier, stealing
Randy O. Frost is the Harold Edward and Elsa Siipola Israel Professor of Psychology at Smith College.
Astrid Müller, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- [UNTITLED]
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Introduction and Overview
- Hoarding in History
- Phenomenology of Hoarding
- Ownership and Collecting
- Diagnosis of Hoarding Disorder
- Hoarding Behavior in Other Disorders
- Comorbidity in Hoarding Disorder
- Acquisition of Possessions in Hoarding Disorder
- Information Processing
- Emotional Attachment to Objects in Hoarding: A Critical Review of the Evidence
- Animal Hoarding
- Severe Domestic Squalor
- Genetics and Family Models of Hoarding Disorder
- The Neurobiology of Hoarding Disorder
- Hoarding in Animals: The Argument for a Homology
- Psychological Models of Hoarding
- The Economics of Hoarding
- Assessing Hoarding and Related Phenomena
- Insight and Motivation
- Individual Cognitive and Behavioral Treatment for Hoarding
- Alternative Treatment Modalities
- Pharmacotherapy of Compulsive Hoarding
- Family Interventions for Hoarding
- Community Interventions for Hoarding
- Compulsive Hoarding in Children
- Hoarding in Older Adults
- Future Directions for Hoarding Research
- Author Index
- Subject Index