Psychological Development and Education ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (4): 393-400.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2019.04.02

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Effect of Attachment Anxiety on Hoarding Behaviour of College Students: Mediating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Experiential Avoidance

JIA Yanru1, ZHANG Shouchen1, JIN Tonglin2, ZHANG Lu3, ZHAO Siqi1, LI Qi1   

  1. 1. School of Education, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025;
    2. College of Psychology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022;
    3. Sehool of Education, Xinyang University, Xinyang 464000
  • Published:2019-08-28

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Abstract: This present study aimed to explore the relationship among attachment anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, experiential avoidance and hoarding behavior, by surveying 610 college students with Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory(ECR), Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12(IUS-12), Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-Ⅱ(AAQ-Ⅱ) and Saving Inventory-Revis-ed(SI-R). The results showed that:(1) Intolerance of uncertainty and experiential avoidance played a partial mediating role in the relationship between attachment anxiety and hoarding behavior;(2) Intolerance of uncertainty and experiential avoidance exerted sequential mediating effects on the association of attachment anxiety with hoarding behavior, i.e., attachment anxiety could influence hoarding behavior which in turn affected intolerance of uncertainty and experiential avoidance then impacted hoarding behavior finally.

Key words: college students, attachment anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, experiential avoidance, hoarding behaviour

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  • B844
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