According to Büscher, Dyson & Cowdell, (2013), hoarding can have a detrimental effect on the physical and psychological health of family members including children. As mentioned earlier in the background, multiple studies have concluded that children who reside in a hoarding environment with their parent (s), are confronted with equal safety and health risks as their parent (s) who include: poor nutrition, higher risks of injuries in relation to slips and falls, chronic headaches and respiratory problems
It was found that individuals who lived with a parent who hoarded during their childhood years were significantly embarrassed of their home, had difficulty making friends, experienced more strain in the relationship with their parents, had …show more content…
(2014) discusses the consequences of decreased or eliminated functional living space on daily life activities due to hoarding, such as cooking.
By not having the space to prepare and cook meals, those living in this environment may depend on ordering fast food, which can lead to excessive weight gain and obesity in the long term as well as an increased financial strain (Children of Hoarders Inc., 2014 & Bratiotis, Schmalisch, & Steketee, 2011).
The pendulum of hoarding can potentially swing both ways for children of hoarders, as one may be repulsed or disgusted by hoarding and discard everything that is not immediately useful for them or they may copy the hoarding behaviours that they learnt from their parent’s which is described as ‘social learning theory’ (Bundura, 1977;
Tolin, Fitch, Frost, & Steketee, 2008 & Park, McGuire, & Storch, 2014). However it is important to remember that nor one or the other is inevitable.
Furthermore, it was reported that siblings of hoarders did not experience the same level of resentment and distress as the children of hoarders this supports the need of more research in this subject because children are more affected than other family members of hoarders (Children of Hoarders Inc., 2014 & Bellenir,
It was found that individuals who lived with a parent who hoarded during their childhood years were significantly embarrassed of their home, had difficulty making friends, experienced more strain in the relationship with their parents, had …show more content…
(2014) discusses the consequences of decreased or eliminated functional living space on daily life activities due to hoarding, such as cooking.
By not having the space to prepare and cook meals, those living in this environment may depend on ordering fast food, which can lead to excessive weight gain and obesity in the long term as well as an increased financial strain (Children of Hoarders Inc., 2014 & Bratiotis, Schmalisch, & Steketee, 2011).
The pendulum of hoarding can potentially swing both ways for children of hoarders, as one may be repulsed or disgusted by hoarding and discard everything that is not immediately useful for them or they may copy the hoarding behaviours that they learnt from their parent’s which is described as ‘social learning theory’ (Bundura, 1977;
Tolin, Fitch, Frost, & Steketee, 2008 & Park, McGuire, & Storch, 2014). However it is important to remember that nor one or the other is inevitable.
Furthermore, it was reported that siblings of hoarders did not experience the same level of resentment and distress as the children of hoarders this supports the need of more research in this subject because children are more affected than other family members of hoarders (Children of Hoarders Inc., 2014 & Bellenir,