A Network Analysis of Hoarding Symptoms, Saving and Acquiring Motives, and Comorbidity.

ABSTRACT: Hoarding disorder is marked by strong attachments to everyday objects, extreme difficulties discarding, and impairing levels of clutter. We examined the associations between hoarding symptoms and associated clinical features using network analysis in a large sample of individuals with established hoarding disorder (n=217) and matched healthy controls (n=130). Network nodes included the three core features of hoarding (difficulties discarding, clutter, and acquiring), along with comorbid symptoms, impairment, and saving and acquiring motives. Models showed hoarding and comorbid symptoms as separate syndromes. Healthy and patient networks differed significantly in both global network strength and structure. For the hoarding patient network, the comorbidity and hoarding clusters were connecte

SUBMITTER: Timpano KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9544394 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature