It is a sentiment shared by Prof Cary Cooper, an expert in organisational psychology and health at Lancaster University Management School.

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Professor Lorraine Sherr, an expert in the psychology of parenting at University College London, told the BBC News website the findings were not surprising.

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Frost, professor of psychology and an expert on hoarding at Smith College in Northampton, Mass.

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