Italian Validation of the Capacity to Love Inventory: Preliminary Results

Margherita, Giorgia; Gargiulo, Anna; Troisi, Gina; Tessitore, Francesca; Kapusta, Nestor D.

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01434

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“…Considering the high levels of Withdrawal that emerged from the results, future investigations should explore the function and the role played by virtual environments and e-communities during pandemic in-depth, taking into account the roles played by the online environments and by the use of social media in terms of both risks and protective functions ( Faccio et al, 2019 ; Gargiulo and Margherita, 2019 ; Margherita and Gargiulo, 2018 ; Procentese et al, 2019 ; Boursier et al, 2020 ). In this sense, future investigations might be also directed to investigate the changes in the dynamics of social and love relationships ( Mannarini et al, 2013 , 2017a ; Balottin et al, 2017 ; Margherita et al, 2018 ) as well as the role of social support ( Ratti et al, 2017 ) post-lockdown and post-pandemic. In conclusion, recognizing the fundamental value of qualitative investigations to shed light on the inner aspects and subjective meanings of personal experiences is also vital ( Margherita et al, 2017 ; Tessitore and Margherita, 2019 ; Tessitore et al, 2019 ; Felaco and Parola, 2020 ; Parola, 2020 ; Parola and Felaco, 2020 ; Tessitore and Margherita, 2020 ).…”

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Mental Health Through the COVID-19 Quarantine: A Growth Curve Analysis on Italian Young Adults

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Introduction Health emergencies, such as epidemics, have detrimental and long-lasting consequences on people’s mental health, which are higher during the implementation of strict lockdown measures. Despite several recent psychological researches on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlighting that young adults represent a high risk category, no studies specifically focused on young adults’ mental health status have been carried out yet. This study aimed to assess and monitor Italian young adults’ mental health status during the first 4 weeks of lockdown through the use of a longitudinal panel design. Methods Participants ( n = 97) provided self-reports in four time intervals (1-week intervals) in 1 month. The Syndromic Scales of Adult Self-Report 18-59 were used to assess the internalizing problems (anxiety/depression, withdrawn, and somatic complaints), externalizing problems (aggressive, rule-breaking, and intrusive behavior), and personal strengths. To determine the time-varying effects of prolonged quarantine, a growth curve modeling will be performed. Results The results showed an increase in anxiety/depression, withdrawal, somatic complaints, aggressive behavior, rule-breaking behavior, and internalizing and externalizing problems and a decrease in intrusive behavior and personal strengths from T1 to T4. Conclusions The results contributed to the ongoing debate concerning the psychological impact of the COVID-19 emergency, helping to plan and develop efficient intervention projects able to take care of young adults’ mental health in the long term.

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“…Moreover, the study does not take into account some dimensions that could be useful for a better understanding of young experiences. Future investigations can be oriented to investigate the role of social support (Ratti et al, 2017), specifically the parental support (Balottin et al, 2017;Manna and Boursier, 2018) and love relationships (Mannarini et al, 2013(Mannarini et al, , 2017bMargherita et al, 2018).…”

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Novel Coronavirus Outbreak and Career Development: A Narrative Approach Into the Meaning for Italian University Graduates

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2020

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In times of economic crisis, the literature shows that young people have always been in the high-risk category. The COVID-19 outbreak and the consequence on the economic level have increased the sense of uncertainty and precariousness experienced by young people. The current scenario has forced young people at the school-to-work transition point to rethink their career plans. Although the difficulties of the school-to-work transition already lead to distress and mental health problems in young people, the slowdown imposed by the coronavirus could add up to these difficulties. The present study aimed to explore the process of career development and career planning in the coronavirus era. Twenty Italian university graduates were involved. Methods: A quantitative measure was used to evaluate the affective (positive/negative) experience. A narrative prompt was used to understand the individual dimensions of career planning. Cluster analysis was carried out by an unsupervised ascendant hierarchical method to explore the themes of the narration. Results: Italian young adults have tended to experience negative affects in the recent weeks of quarantine. The themes highlighted in the narratives showed that Italian young adults experience feelings of fear, uncertainty, and anxiety about the post-pandemic future. Conclusion: The results appear as a starting point to rethink possible interventions for this group post-lockdown and post-pandemic.

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“…In line with literature we find the importance to consider, in a special way, the valuable role on the emotional adjustment to cancer experience played by significant relationships of the women with partners, friends and healthcare professionals (Saita et al, 2015) and the way of manage them during the cancer experience. In a smaller number of cases, relationships also appear to be based on a sacrificial mode where their pain and fragility cannot be shown and contained in the relationship to protect and safeguard it (Margherita et al, 2018). Therefore, it appears also as the burden on women in the maintenance of some relationships to shelter one’s own pain and weakness, as those with young children, which are specific and characteristic areas of women under 50 age.…”

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Underfifty Women and Breast Cancer: Narrative Markers of Meaning-Making in Traumatic Experience

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A diagnosis of breast cancer is considered a potential traumatic event associated with physical and psychological effects. In literature, an exploration of breast cancer experience in young women is lacking, able to shed light on the narrative processes of meaning-making of the experience in specific phases of treatment, as may be the initial impact with the onset of the cancer. Meaning-making processes are determinant aspects when dealing with traumatic events. The research took place at National Cancer Institute Pascale of Naples. We collected 50 ad hoc narrative interviews to explore the different domains of the experience with under-fifty women at the first phase of the hospitalization. The Narrative Interviews were analyzed through a qualitative methodology constructed ad hoc . Starting from the functions of meaning-making that the narrative mediate we have highlight the different modes to articulate the narrative functions: The Organization of Temporality: chronicled (38%), actualized (26%), suspended (18%), interrupted (16%), and confused (2%). The Search for Meaning: internalized (42%); generalized (24%); externalized (18%); suspended (16%). The Emotional Regulation: disconnected (44%), splitted (28%), pervasive (26%), and connected (2%). The Organization of self-other Relationship: supportive (46%), avoidant (22%), overturned (16%), and sacrificial (16%). The Finding Benefit: revaluating (38%), flattened (34%), and postponed (28%). The Orientation to Action: combative (38%), blocked (36%), and suspended (26%). Findings capture the impact with the onset of the cancer, identifying both risk and resource aspects. The study allows to identify a specific use of narrative device by under-fifty women who impacted with the experience of breast cancer. The ways in which meaning-making functions are articulated highlight the specificity of the first phase of the treatment of the cancer. From a clinical psychology point of view, our findings can be used as clinical narrative markers to grasp, in a diachronic way, the process of meaning-making, integration, and coping during the first phase of breast cancer experience in young women. We consider it valuable to increase longitudinal studies with young women to highlight trajectories of meaning-making during the different phases of the treatment to think about personalized intervention practices diachronically to the experience.

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Italian Validation of the Capacity to Love Inventory: Preliminary Results

Cited by 17 publications

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Mental Health Through the COVID-19 Quarantine: A Growth Curve Analysis on Italian Young Adults

Mental Health Through the COVID-19 Quarantine: A Growth Curve Analysis on Italian Young Adults

Novel Coronavirus Outbreak and Career Development: A Narrative Approach Into the Meaning for Italian University Graduates

Underfifty Women and Breast Cancer: Narrative Markers of Meaning-Making in Traumatic Experience

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