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dc.contributor.authorImperatori, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorCorazza, Ornella
dc.contributor.authorPanno, Angelo
dc.contributor.authorRinaldi, Raffaella
dc.contributor.authorPasquini, Massimo
dc.contributor.authorFarina, Benedetto
dc.contributor.authorBiondi, Massimo
dc.contributor.authorBersani, Francesco Saverio
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-07T00:09:05Z
dc.date.available2021-01-07T00:09:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-22
dc.identifier.citationImperatori , C , Corazza , O , Panno , A , Rinaldi , R , Pasquini , M , Farina , B , Biondi , M & Bersani , F S 2020 , ' Mentalization impairment is associated with problematic alcohol use in a sample of young adults: A cross-sectional study ' , International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) , vol. 17 , no. 22 , 8664 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228664
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-7371-319X/work/98163935
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/23641
dc.description© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
dc.description.abstractBackground: Alcohol is one of the most widely used drugs among adolescents and young people, and problematic alcohol use (PAU) is related to significant long-term biological, clinical, and psychosocial sequelae. Although preliminary reports have linked deficits in mentalization to increased vulnerability to addiction, no studies have specifically explored this phenomenon in relation to PAU. Methods: The association between mentalization impairment and PAU severity was investigated in a sample of 271 young adults (183 females, 65.9%; mean age: 23.20 ± 3.55 years; range: 18–34). Self-report measures investigating PAU and mentalization were administered to all participants. Results: Individuals with PAU reported a more frequent use of tobacco and illicit drugs in the last 12 months. PAU severity was negatively associated with mentalization capacity (rho = −0.21; p < 0.001), and also, when possible, confounding variables (i.e., gender, age, occupation, education, tobacco and illegal drugs use) were controlled for (rho = −0.17; p = 0.004). Conclusion: The present data showed that mentalization impairment is significantly associated with PAU among young adults, suggesting that it may have a role in the development and/or maintenance of alcohol use.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)
dc.subjectAddiction
dc.subjectMentalization
dc.subjectProblematic alcohol use
dc.subjectPsychopathology
dc.subjectPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
dc.subjectHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
dc.titleMentalization impairment is associated with problematic alcohol use in a sample of young adults: A cross-sectional studyen
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Science
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Postgraduate Medicine
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rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.3390/ijerph17228664
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