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Hoarding Test

15 Questions
3 Minutes

Are you a hoarder?

Hoarding is the tendency to buy, acquire, and harbor possessions—even if they are unnecessary. This compulsion can be a serious problem, sometimes even debilitating to the point of dysfunction. See where you fall on this hoarding scale.

Using the key below, answer the questions based on how strongly you agree or disagree with the statement.

Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Strongly Agree
Agree
1. I feel emotional distress when I must discard items I don't need.
Disagree
Agree
2. I am unable to resist acquiring things.
Disagree
Agree
3. People say my living space is crowded with unnecessary items.
Disagree
Agree
4. My social life suffers because I tend to hoard.
Disagree
Agree
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5. I acquire items I do not need.
Disagree
Agree
6. I have difficulty using all the rooms in my home because of accumulated items.
Disagree
Agree
7. I have difficulty discarding ordinary things that other people would purge.
Disagree
Agree
8. Hoarding affects my daily functioning.
Disagree
Agree
9. I have difficulty walking through some rooms in my home.
Disagree
Agree
10. I have a strong desire to save things I might need in the future.
Disagree
Agree
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11. I have multiples of an item that I do not use.
Disagree
Agree
12. I have to move items to get into a room.
Disagree
Agree
13. I avoid inviting people over because of my hoarding.
Disagree
Agree
14. I have a hard time controlling my urge to acquire things.
Disagree
Agree
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15. I avoid discarding possessions I do not need; it is too stressful
Disagree
Agree
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Who Is This Test For?

This test is for anyone who wants to examine their hoarding tendencies. It’s designed for adults and is not intended to be diagnostic.

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Sources

Brief interview for assessing compulsive hoarding: The Hoarding Rating Scale-Interview. 

Psychiatry Research. D.F. Tolin, R.O. Frost, G. Steketee.

Assessing Psychological Inflexibility in Hoarding: The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire for Hoarding. Utah State University. J. Krafft et al.

International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy. Hoarding Rating Scale-Interview: Reliability and Construct Validity in a Nonclinical Sample. P. Faraci, et al.