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Mentalization Impairment Is Associated with Problematic Alcohol Use in a Sample of Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

by
Claudio Imperatori
1,
Ornella Corazza
2,3,
Angelo Panno
1,
Raffaella Rinaldi
4,
Massimo Pasquini
5,
Benedetto Farina
1,
Massimo Biondi
5 and
Francesco Saverio Bersani
5,*
1
Cognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Science, European University of Rome, 00163 Rome, Italy
2
Department of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL109AB, UK
3
Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, 04100 Latina, Italy
4
Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
5
Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(22), 8664; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228664
Submission received: 28 September 2020 / Revised: 18 November 2020 / Accepted: 20 November 2020 / Published: 22 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Substance Use and New Drug Trends in Adolescents)
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Background: 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.
Keywords: problematic alcohol use; mentalization; addiction; psychopathology problematic alcohol use; mentalization; addiction; psychopathology

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Imperatori, C.; Corazza, O.; Panno, A.; Rinaldi, R.; Pasquini, M.; Farina, B.; Biondi, M.; Bersani, F.S. Mentalization Impairment Is Associated with Problematic Alcohol Use in a Sample of Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 8664. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228664

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Imperatori C, Corazza O, Panno A, Rinaldi R, Pasquini M, Farina B, Biondi M, Bersani FS. 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. 2020; 17(22):8664. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228664

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Imperatori, Claudio, Ornella Corazza, Angelo Panno, Raffaella Rinaldi, Massimo Pasquini, Benedetto Farina, Massimo Biondi, and Francesco Saverio Bersani. 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 17, no. 22: 8664. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228664

APA Style

Imperatori, 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, 17(22), 8664. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228664

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