Published in Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy
The cognitions and emotions of people prone to hoarding are key components of the dominant cognitive behavioural model of hoarding disorder. This study sought to use Q-methodology to explore the thoughts and feelings of people that are prone to hoarding, to identify whether distinct clusters of participants could be found. A 49-statement Q-set was ...
Published in British journal of health psychology
Consistent with behaviour observed in prior crises, individuals are stockpiling supplies during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The goal of this study was to describe stockpiling behaviour in response to COVID-19 and investigate individual predictors of stockpiling. Workers (N = 363, 54.72% male, 44.65% female, 0.63% other; Mage = 38.41,...
Published in Depression and anxiety
Hoarding, originally only considered a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), is now categorized as a separate disorder in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). We studied candidate serotonergic genes and the distinctness of hoarding in children and adolescents and hypothesized that unique ...
Namen diplomskega dela je preučiti teoretične značilnosti veleplakata kot oglaševalskega besedila in besedilne vrste na preučevanem vzorcu šestdesetih veleplakatov. Diplomsko delo uvodoma predstavlja oglaševanje kot tržno-komunikacijsko dejavnost ter različne poglede na termina oglas in reklama. Na kratko predstavi zgodovino oglaševanja na Slovensk...
Published in Psychology and psychotherapy
The aim of this study was to explore the importance of possessions as extensions of self-concept and connections to significant others for people that hoard. A total of 10 participants were recruited through hoarding group treatment programmes. Participants photographed significant possessions in their home and discussed these in semi-structured in...
Published in Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
Hoarding disorder has significant health consequences, including the devastating threat of eviction. In this pilot study, critical time intervention (CTI), an evidence-based model of case management shown to be effective for vulnerable populations, was adapted for individuals with severe symptoms of hoarding disorder at risk for eviction (CTI-HD). ...
Published in International psychogeriatrics
The objective of this paper was to examine the implementation and effectiveness of a community-based intervention for hoarding disorder (HD) using Cognitive Rehabilitation and Exposure/Sorting Therapy (CREST). This was a mixed-method, pre-post quasi-experimental study informed by the Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model for imp...
The focus of this study is marketing and consumer behavior. The research is done within context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The theoretical framework is based on theories about hoarding and irrational purchase decisions. Further on theories from other areas, such as psychology, has been added to gain a more thorough understanding of the subject. The ...
Published in Behavior therapy
Evidence from analogue samples suggests that deficits in emotional functioning, namely elevated emotional reactivity and distress intolerance, are implicated in the development and maintenance of hoarding disorder. We aimed to extend previous research in this area by investigating emotional reactivity and distress intolerance in a sample of individ...
Due to the prevailing pandemic in connection with Covid-19, irrational decisions occur, and people start panicking. As a result, there is a very high demand from grocery stores due to customers hoarding ICA:s goods, which results in an even greater panic in people who do not perceive the problems that arise at the stores. For the stores, this means...
