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The association between personality traits and hoarding behaviors
Mary E Dozier1, Hilary L DeShong
1Department of Psychology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi State, USA.
Current Opinion in Psychiatry
|October 8, 2021
Summary
Hoarding behaviors are linked to personality traits, with increased neuroticism associated with pandemic stockpiling. Hoarding disorder patients often exhibit elevated personality disorder traits, requiring further study.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Hoarding is a behavior observed in conditions like hoarding disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and schizophrenia.
- It can also manifest as normative behavior, such as pandemic-related stockpiling of essential goods.
- Previous research indicates a potential connection between personality traits, personality disorder symptoms, and hoarding behaviors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review recent research examining the relationship between hoarding behaviors and personality traits.
- To provide an updated overview of the current understanding of hoarding and personality.
Main Methods:
- This review synthesizes findings from recent studies on hoarding and personality.
- It examines research across different diagnostic contexts and geographic locations.
- Focus is placed on the Five-Factor Model of personality traits.
Main Results:
- Pandemic-related stockpiling showed mixed associations with extraversion and openness but a strong link to increased neuroticism.
- Hoarding in the context of OCD correlated with lower extraversion and conscientiousness.
- Individuals with hoarding disorder consistently presented with clinically elevated personality disorder traits.
Conclusions:
- The association between personality traits and hoarding behaviors varies across diagnostic and geographic settings.
- Further research is necessary, particularly with participants formally diagnosed with hoarding disorder.
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