Randy O. Frost developed a cognitive-behavioral account of hoarding incorporating information processing, attachment, avoidance and beliefs about possessions. The model links apparently similar accumulation outcomes to several candidate maintaining processes. It generates hypotheses for assessment and intervention rather than establishing one cause from the presence of clutter alone. [ref]
A cognitive-behavioral model of compulsive hoarding by Randy O. Frost and others. 1996, original multifactor model
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