Following recent literature, which stresses the importance of broadening the conceptualization of mental functioning in youth, this paper investigated the relations between indicators of attachment styles, internalizing symptoms, and separation anxiety in 379 non-referred Italian university students, as captured by the relationship questionnaire, the experiences in close relationships-revised, the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), and the adult separation anxiety-27. Psychometric properties of all measures were scrutinized and a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to support the soundness of a one-factor model representing indicators of all PAI internalizing symptoms: Anxiety, Anxiety-related disorders, Depression, Somatization, and Suicidal ideation. Then, a multivariate analysis was performed in order to test a model of relation linking attachment styles, internalizing symptoms, and separation anxiety scores. Results supported the mediation role of Internalizing symptoms in the association between preoccupied attachment and separation anxiety scores. Preoccupied attachment towards the romantic partner, as compared to attachment towards family and friends, played a more relevant role in predicting internalizing symptoms and separation anxiety scores. Findings corroborate the combined use of the over-mentioned indicators as a screening battery for the dimensional assessment of the interplay among these variables in young adults. Implications and limitations of the study are presented and discussed.

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分离焦虑的预测模型：依恋风格和内在症状在意大利年轻人中的作用

根据最近的文献强调扩大青年人心理功能的概念的重要性，本文通过关系问卷调查了379名未推荐的意大利大学生的依恋风格，内在症状和分离焦虑指标之间的关系。 ，亲密关系的修订版，人格评估量表（PAI）和成人分离焦虑-27。检查所有措施的心理计量学特性，并进行验证性因素分析以支持代表所有PAI内在症状指标的单因素模型的健全性：焦虑，与焦虑相关的疾病，抑郁，躯体化和自杀意念。然后，为了测试关联依恋风格，内在症状和分离焦虑评分的关系模型，进行了多变量分析。结果支持内在症状在专注的依恋与分离焦虑评分之间的关​​联中的中介作用。与对家人和朋友的依恋相比，对浪漫伴侣的依恋在预测内在症状和分离焦虑评分方面起着更重要的作用。研究结果证实了上述指标的综合使用，作为筛选电池，用于评估年轻人中这些变量之间相互作用的维度。提出并讨论了研究的意义和局限性。结果支持内在症状在专注的依恋与分离焦虑评分之间的关​​联中的中介作用。与对家人和朋友的依恋相比，对浪漫伴侣的依恋在预测内在症状和分离焦虑评分方面起着更重要的作用。研究结果证实了上述指标的综合使用，作为筛选电池，用于评估年轻人中这些变量之间相互作用的维度。提出并讨论了研究的意义和局限性。结果支持内在症状在专注的依恋与分离焦虑评分之间的关​​联中的中介作用。与对家人和朋友的依恋相比，对浪漫伴侣的依恋在预测内在症状和分离焦虑评分方面起着更重要的作用。研究结果证实了上述指标的联合使用，作为筛选电池，用于评估年轻人中这些变量之间相互作用的维度。提出并讨论了研究的意义和局限性。在预测内在症状和分离焦虑评分中起着更重要的作用。研究结果证实了上述指标的联合使用，作为筛选电池，用于评估年轻人中这些变量之间相互作用的维度。提出并讨论了研究的意义和局限性。在预测内在症状和分离焦虑评分中起着更重要的作用。研究结果证实了上述指标的联合使用，作为筛选电池，用于评估年轻人中这些变量之间相互作用的维度。提出并讨论了研究的意义和局限性。