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Attachment Style and Childhood Traumatic Experiences Moderate the Impact of Initial and Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic: Mental Health Longitudinal Trajectories in a Sample of Italian Women.
Castellini, Giovanni; Tarchi, Livio; Cassioli, Emanuele; Rossi, Eleonora; Sanfilippo, Giulia; Innocenti, Matteo; Gironi, Veronica; Scami, Irene; Ricca, Valdo.
  • Castellini G; Psychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Tarchi L; Padiglione 8b, Cliniche Chirurgiche Primo Piano, AOU Careggi, Viale della Maternità, 50134 Firenze, FI Italy.
  • Cassioli E; Psychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Rossi E; Psychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Sanfilippo G; Psychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Innocenti M; Psychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Gironi V; Psychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Scami I; Psychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Ricca V; Psychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Int J Ment Health Addict ; : 1-20, 2022 Mar 17.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1750813
ABSTRACT
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health has not been clarified yet, with multiple studies warranting a special focus on women and young adults. A sample of 101 Italian women recruited from the general population was evaluated a few weeks before the onset of the pandemic and during the first and the second wave of the pandemic. Depression values at the Brief Symptom Inventory showed an initial increase followed by a stabilization on higher values in respect to the baseline, whereas Phobic Anxiety was stably worsened. Participants with insecure attachment styles and childhood trauma showed higher levels of distress at all timepoints. In many psychopathological domains, moderation analysis showed an unfavorable trend over time for younger participants. The present study seems to confirm a high burden on mental health for women during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting young age, insecure attachment style, and childhood trauma as negative prognostic factors.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Qualitative research Language: English Journal: Int J Ment Health Addict Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S11469-022-00798-x

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Qualitative research Language: English Journal: Int J Ment Health Addict Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S11469-022-00798-x