Perception de soi et de l’accumulation d’objets chez les personnes présentant des comportements de Hoarding
The main objective of this research is to understand the meaning of the accumulation of objects for the person presenting hoarding behaviours. Based on a constructivist framework, we used the empirical construction of theory to analyse 8 interviews. Stigma and the culture of exclusion of Erving Goffman and Howard Becker theories allowed us to understand and to analyze the construction of social ties among people with hoarding behaviours. The application of the theory of Elkaïm to this problem allowed us to understand one of the great challenges of the intervention with this population, the negative feedback. The analysis allowed us to distinguish 3 profiles of hoarder. This research work proposes a different perspective to hoarding, based on a paradigm that was never used before in the comprehension of that problematic and that is proper to social work, in contrast with the prevailing medical model that dominates the literature.
Accumulation excessive Accumulation compulsive Accumulation Compulsive hoarding Compulsive hoarding Hoarding Social link Social work Recherche qualitative Qualitative research Excessive hoarding Pathological hoarding