Question

Seventy-eight-year-old Agnes's home has become quite cluttered with all sorts of things that have personal meaning to her. Her son and daughter are particularly concerned with the accumulation of items in the basement and garage because they believe this situation could be a fire hazard. Agnes has been very stubborn about letting them get rid of these items. Agnes's behavior is called: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. stratification. compulsive hoarding. role confusion. selective optimization with compensation.

Answer 1

Answer: compulsive hoarding

Step-by-step explanation:

Compulsive hoarding, refers to a behavioral pattern whereby a individual is unable and unwilling to let of objects that has personal meaning to the person even though such objects causes distress or impairment.

This behavior results in health risk, economic burden, adverse effects in friends and family members. Therefore, Agnes's behavior is compulsive hoarding.