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
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15440948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giovanni Castellini (0000-0003-1265-491X, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, corresponding author), Livio Tarchi (0000-0002-9931-5621, University of Florence), Emanuele Cassioli (0000-0003-3623-7096, University of Florence), Eleonora Rossi (0000-0002-5796-8798, University of Florence), Giulia Sanfilippo (University of Florence), Matteo Innocenti (0000-0003-2457-0959, University of Florence), Veronica Gironi (University of Florence), Irene Scami (University of Florence), Valdo Ricca (0000-0002-9291-2124, University of Florence) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 3393-3412 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-1874 • E-ISSN: 1557-1882 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11469-022-00798-x |
| PMID | 35316933 |
| OpenAlex | W4220698739 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 27 |
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
Anxiety · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Distress · Environmental health · Health psychology · Longitudinal study · Mental health · Moderation · Pandemic · Population · Psychiatry · Psychopathology · Public health · Young adult · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Family Support in Illness · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |