The Correlation of Adult Attachment and Hoarding Behavior

• Main Authors: CHUEH, TI CHANG, 闕帝昌
• Other Authors: Shun-Tzu Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4nz2y8

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 生活應用科學系碩士在職專班 === 107 === The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in the attachment type and the severity of hoarding behavior among subjects with different personal backgrounds and to understand the impact of different attachment types on hoarding behavior. This study adopts survey method, in which the subjects included adults in the Greater Taipei area. Study participants were recruited during January 2019, and 700 questionnaires were distributed and 694 questionnaires were collected. The response rate was 99.14%. After eliminating the invalid questionnaires, the valid questionnaires were 672. The questionnaires consisted of the “Revised Adult Attachment Scale, Chinese Translated version” (Huang & Chen, 2011) and the “Traditional Chinese version of Saving Inventory-Revised” (Lee, 2013). The “Revised Adult Attachment Scale, Chinese Translated version” is used to examine the degree of attachment type, and the types of attachment includes: (1) secure, (2) dismissive-avoidant, (3) preoccupied, and (4) fearful-avoidant. The “Traditional Chinese version of Saving Inventory-Revised” is used to understand the severity of the hoarding behavior, and the results are as follows. 1.According to the “Traditional Chinese version of Saving Inventory-Revised” scale, there were 64 study participants scored equal to or greater than 41 (9.5%) which indicated the possibility of hoarding behavior. 2.Significant statistically differences were found in adults’ degrees of attachment types in age (F=3.757, p<.05), living conditions (F=4.336, p< .01), and marital status (F=13.182, p< .001). 3.Significant statistically differences were found in adults’ severity of hoarding behavior in gender (t=-2.007, p< .05) and health condition (F=3.847, p< .05). 4.Significant statistically differences were found in adults’ overall severity of hoarding behavior in their attachment types (F=12.13, p< .001), and those who were “secured” showed higher severity in hoarding than those were “preoccupied” and “fearful-avoidant.” 5.In different “degrees of attachment type”, only the “degree of anxiety attachment” has significant explanatory power for the severity of hoarding (R2=.09). 6.In different “attachment types,” “preoccupied” and “fearful-avoidant” had explanatory power in the severity of hoarding behavior (R2=.071). The results of this study show that different attachment types have a significant relationship with the severity of individual hoarding behavior. The research results are provided to families, societies, government, and researchers for future studies.