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Clinical: specific disorders

Clutter Image Rating.

CIR

What it measures
Objective degree of household clutter (a core hoarding feature); pictorial severity rating for living room, kitchen and bedroom
Length and format
3 rooms x 9 photographs (27 images); respondent picks the closest match per room. Pictorial 1-9 per room; rooms averaged/summed; >=4 (on any room) indicates clinically significant clutter (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Used internationally (images are language-neutral); validated in several countries incl. ZH, ES
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Frost, R. O., Steketee, G., Tolin, D. F., & Renaud, S. (2008). Development and validation of the Clutter Image Rating. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 30(3), 193-203.

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