Anxiety Mood.  2021 Oct;17(2):73-77. 10.24986/anxmod.2021.17.2.004.

Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the Hoarding Rating Scale-Self-Report

• Lee HM
• Chang JG
• Song HR
• Hong M
• Lee SY
• Kim SJ
• Kim CH

• KMID: 2522103
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.24986/anxmod.2021.17.2.004

Abstract

Objective
: The Hoarding Rating Scale-Self-Report (HRS-SR) is a five-item scale that simply assesses the hoarding symptoms. We evaluated the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Korean version of the HRS-SR (HRS-SR-K).
Methods
: A total of 144 individuals completed the self-administered questionnaires including HRS-SRK, Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised-Korean version (OCI-R-K), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI),and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Psychometric properties of the HRS-SR-K were analyzed.
Results
: The Cronbach’s α value for internal consistency of the HRS-SR-K was excellent (Cronbach’s α=0.84). The construct validity was analyzed on the basis of principal component analysis and one-factor struc-ture of the original scale was maintained. The HRS-SR-K total score and each item scores were more strongly correlated with the hoarding subscale score in OCI-R-K (convergent validity, r=0.71, p<0.01) than the corresponding scores of nonspecific depression or anxiety measures (discriminant validity).
Conclusion
: The HRS-SR-K is a simple and reliable self-report scale for examining the severity of hoard-ing symptoms.

Keyword

Hoarding disorder; Hoarding rating scale; Korean version