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Article

The Role of Pre-Pandemic Mental Health Status and Personality Traits on Psychological Distress during the COVID-19 Lockdown among Italian Young Adults

by
Daniela Marchetti
1,
Lilybeth Fontanesi
1,*,
Elena Camisasca
2,
Marco Colasanti
1,
Venusia Covelli
2,
Serena Di Giandomenico
3,
Sarah Miragoli
4 and
Maria Cristina Verrocchio
1
1
Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, CH, Italy
2
Faculty of Psychology, E-Campus University, 22060 Novedrate, CO, Italy
3
Department of Humanities, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, PU, Italy
4
CRIdee, Trauma Psychology Research Unit, Psychology Department, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 20123 Milano, MI, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Behav. Sci. 2023, 13(2), 141; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13020141
Submission received: 28 December 2022 / Revised: 27 January 2023 / Accepted: 2 February 2023 / Published: 7 February 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)
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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic imposed changes on day-to-day activities and had a detrimental psychological effect on the population, especially among vulnerable individuals, such as adolescents and young adults. The current study aimed to explore variables associated with anxiety, depressive and somatic symptoms in a sample of 608 Italian young adults aged 18 to 25. Data were collected using an online questionnaire administered two months into the COVID-19 lockdown, which explored several areas including sociodemographic information, pre-pandemic and current psychological distress, pre-pandemic and current levels of loneliness, and the traits of intolerance of uncertainty and boredom susceptibility. Results highlighted that having pre-existing mental health issues, being female, and the personality traits of intolerance to uncertainty and boredom susceptibility all played a role in the psychological distress experienced during the pandemic. COVID-19 contributed to negative impacts on young adults’ mental health, highlighting the necessity to develop protective psychological intervention tailored for this vulnerable population.
Keywords: psychological distress; anxiety; depression; COVID-19; young adults psychological distress; anxiety; depression; COVID-19; young adults

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Marchetti, D.; Fontanesi, L.; Camisasca, E.; Colasanti, M.; Covelli, V.; Di Giandomenico, S.; Miragoli, S.; Verrocchio, M.C. The Role of Pre-Pandemic Mental Health Status and Personality Traits on Psychological Distress during the COVID-19 Lockdown among Italian Young Adults. Behav. Sci. 2023, 13, 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13020141

AMA Style

Marchetti D, Fontanesi L, Camisasca E, Colasanti M, Covelli V, Di Giandomenico S, Miragoli S, Verrocchio MC. The Role of Pre-Pandemic Mental Health Status and Personality Traits on Psychological Distress during the COVID-19 Lockdown among Italian Young Adults. Behavioral Sciences. 2023; 13(2):141. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13020141

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Marchetti, Daniela, Lilybeth Fontanesi, Elena Camisasca, Marco Colasanti, Venusia Covelli, Serena Di Giandomenico, Sarah Miragoli, and Maria Cristina Verrocchio. 2023. "The Role of Pre-Pandemic Mental Health Status and Personality Traits on Psychological Distress during the COVID-19 Lockdown among Italian Young Adults" Behavioral Sciences 13, no. 2: 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13020141

APA Style

Marchetti, D., Fontanesi, L., Camisasca, E., Colasanti, M., Covelli, V., Di Giandomenico, S., Miragoli, S., & Verrocchio, M. C. (2023). The Role of Pre-Pandemic Mental Health Status and Personality Traits on Psychological Distress during the COVID-19 Lockdown among Italian Young Adults. Behavioral Sciences, 13(2), 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13020141

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