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Interpersonal problems and emotional intelligence in compulsive hoarding
Author(s) -
Grisham Jessica R.,
Steketee Gail,
Frost Randy O.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/da.20327
Subject(s) - hoarding (animal behavior) , psychology , hoarding disorder , clinical psychology , mood , interpersonal communication , anxiety , personality , psychiatry , depression (economics) , compulsive behavior , medicine , social psychology , feeding behavior , economics , macroeconomics
There is some evidence that compulsive hoarding is associated with social impairment, which may contribute to poor functional outcomes among hoarding patients. In this study, individuals with compulsive hoarding ( n = 30) were compared to nonhoarding anxious or depressed patients ( n = 30) and nonclinical community participants ( n = 30) with respect to clinical characteristics, interpersonal difficulties, and emotional intelligence. All participants were diagnosed using a semi‐structured interview and completed self‐report measures. Participants with compulsive hoarding endorsed more depression and schizotypal personality disorder symptoms than participants in both comparison groups. Hoarding participants also reported more interpersonal difficulties than community volunteers, but they did not differ significantly from nonhoarding participants with an anxiety or mood disorder. Multiple regression analyses demonstrated that hoarding‐related beliefs were marginally related to increased interpersonal problems over and above the effect of depression and anxiety. The groups did not differ significantly with respect to emotional intelligence. Depression and Anxiety . © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.