Prevalence and correlates of hoarding behavior in a community-based sample.
Little is known about the prevalence and correlates of hoarding behavior in the community. We estimated the prevalence and evaluated correlates of hoarding in 742 participants in the Hopkins Epidemiology of Personality Disorder Study. The prevalence of hoarding was nearly 4% (5.3%, weighted) and was greater in older than younger age groups, greater in men than women, and inversely related to household income. Hoarding was associated with alcohol dependence; paranoid, schizotypal, avoidant, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder traits; insecurity from home break-ins and excessive physical discipline before 16 years of age; and parental psychopathology. These findings suggest that hoarding may be relatively prevalent and that alcohol dependence, personality disorder traits, and specific childhood adversities are associated with hoarding in the community.
Samuels
Jack F
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Meyer 109, Baltimore, MD 21287-7228, USA. jacks@jhmi.edu
Bienvenu
O Joseph
OJ
Grados
Marco A
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Cullen
Bernadette
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Riddle
Mark A
MA
Liang
Kung-Yee
KY
Eaton
William W
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Nestadt
Gerald
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors