The Relationship of Frailty with Psychopathology, Childhood Traumas and Insecure Attachment in Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Investigation

Reciprocal connections exist between mental health and physical health, and conditions of cellular senescence/advanced biological age have been observed in association with certain psychiatric diseases. However, the construct of frailty has only preliminarily been explored in young adults and in rel...

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Published in:The Journal of frailty & aging 2024, Vol.13 (4), p.448-455
Main Authors: Bersani, F S, Canevelli, M, Imperatori, C, Barchielli, B, Prevete, E, Sciancalepore, F, Vicinanza, R, Maraone, A, Salzillo, M, Tarsitani, L, Ferracuti, S, Pasquini, M, Bruno, G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accumulation
Adolescent
Adult
Adverse Childhood Experiences - psychology
Adverse Childhood Experiences - statistics & numerical data
Age
Attachment
Attachment style
Childhood
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Frailty
Frailty - psychology
Functional status
Health care management
Health status
Humans
Insight
Italy - epidemiology
Male
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental health
Middle age
Object Attachment
Older people
Psychological trauma
Psychopathology
Questionnaires
Senescence
Sociodemographics
Software
Statistical power
Surveys and Questionnaires
Symptoms
Traumatic life events
Young Adult
Young adults
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Summary:Reciprocal connections exist between mental health and physical health, and conditions of cellular senescence/advanced biological age have been observed in association with certain psychiatric diseases. However, the construct of frailty has only preliminarily been explored in young adults and in relation to psychopathology so far. In the present study we aimed at further elucidating the relationships linking psychopathological phenomena with physical diseases in a sample of young adults. The sample was made of 527 Italian young adults (age range: 18-34). Participants were assessed on clinical/socio-demographic information as well as on the following measures: an ad hoc designed Frailty Index (FI), the Brief Symptroms Inventory (BSI), the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ), and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Individuals with clinically-relevant psychopathological symptoms (based on established BSI cut-off scores) showed significantly higher FI values than individuals without clinically-relevant psychopathological symptoms (p
ISSN:2260-1341
2273-4309
DOI:10.14283/jfa.2024.49