The prevalence of compulsive hoarding and its association with compulsive buying in a German population-based sample
The prevalence of compulsive hoarding and its association with compulsive buying in a German population-based sample
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DOI:
10.1016/j.brat.2009.04.005
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发表时间:
2009-08-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
de Zwaan, Martina
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作者:
Mueller, Astrid;Mitchell, James E.;de Zwaan, Martina
The aims of the study were to estimate the prevalence rate of compulsive hoarding, and to determine the association between compulsive hoarding and compulsive buying in a nationally representative sample of the German population (N = 2307). Compulsive hoarding was assessed with the German version of the Saving Inventory-Revised (SI-R; Frost, R.O., Steketee, G., & Grisham, J. (2004). Measurement of compulsive hoarding: saving inventory-revised. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42, 1163-1182.). The point prevalence of compulsive hoarding was estimated to be 4.6%. individuals with compulsive hoarding did not differ significantly from those without compulsive hoarding regarding age, gender, and other sociodemographic characteristics. Significant correlations were found between the compulsive hoarding and the compulsive buying measures. Participants with compulsive hoarding reported a higher propensity to compulsive buying than respondents without hoarding. About two thirds of participants classified as having compulsive hoarding were also defined as suffering from compulsive buying. In summary, these results suggest that compulsive hoarding may be relatively prevalent in Germany and they confirm the close association between compulsive hoarding and Compulsive buying through the investigation of a large scale representative sample. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.