Utah State University
The investigators are proposing to test an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) based bibliotherapy intervention as a self-help approach to hoarding disorder. Participants will be 60 adults meeting the clinical cutoff score for the Saving Inventory-Revised, a hoarding severity measure and will be randomly assigned to receive the intervention or to a waitlist control condition.
Hoarding disorder affects approximately 2.5% of the population and is associated with significant impairment across multiple domains. Many barriers to accessing hoarding treatment exist, including lack of treatment availability and stigma. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has shown promising results in addressing hoarding disorder via psychotherapy and a guided self-help website. This study aims to build on this research by testing a novel implementation of a bibliotherapy using a recent ACT self-help book, combined with weekly reflections designed to enhance experiential learning. We w…
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 or order * Residing in the United States * Being interested in testing a self-help book for hoarding * Meeting the clinical cutoff score for the Saving Inventory-Revised Exclusion Criteria: * Being under the age of 18 * Residing outside the United States * Not having fluency in English sufficient to understand study materials * Not being able to understand the study procedures * Being suspected of being a bot/invalid respondent based on their responses * Self-reported conditions that would interfere with participating (e.g., a disorder such as bipolar disorder…
Participants will complete the 10 chapter self-help bibliotherapy intervention based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). The ACT self-help book includes content on: psychoeducation, values clarification, building patterns of committed action, mindfulness, developing a flexible sense of self, emotional acceptance and exposure to discarding/nonacquiring, organizing and decluttering effectively, distancing from thoughts, improving relationships, and maintaining consistency over time.
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