Develop and design the models of saving behaviors (hoarding) in relation to emotion regulation difficulties and intolerance of uncertainty with the mediating role of hoarding cognitions

Although research on hoarding has increased in recent years, the psychological processes involved in this often debilitating problem have not been fully elucidated. This study aimed to investigate the role of difficulties in emotion regulation and intolerance of uncertainty in predicting hoarding behaviors. For this purpose through a descriptive study, 345 students (205 females,140 males) were selected using cluster sampling method among students of Birjand Azad University and were evaluated in terms of hoarding behaviors, hoarding cognitions, difficulties in emotion regulation and intolerance of uncertainty. Data analysis and structural equations modeling showed that difficulties in emotion regulation and intolerance of uncertainty significantly related to behavioral and cognitive aspects of hoarding. The findings related to the mediating role of cognitive aspects of hoarding in relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation and intolerance of uncertainty with hoarding behaviors showed that after applying the editing Indicators, model fit the data. Findings of the study support the cognitive-behavioral models and suggest that the cognitions related to belongings play an important role in the development and maintenance of problems associated with hoarding of unnecessary items.