About the Authors

Simonetta D'Amico

simonetta.damico@cc.univaq.it

Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Coppito (AQ), Italy

Assunta Marano

Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Coppito (AQ), Italy

Maria Angela Geraci

Affiliation Independent Practice in Psychotherapy, L'Aquila, Italy

Emanuele Legge

Affiliation Department of Mental Health, Local Health Agency of the National Health System, L'Aquila, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD AM MAG EL. Performed the experiments: SD AM MAG EL. Analyzed the data: AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SD AM MAG EL. Wrote the paper: SD AM. Participated in manuscript writing and editing: SD AM. Designed theoretical framework of the study, supervised and designed the study protocol and the intervention, provided final interpretation of data: SD. Designed methodological and statistical data analysis and interpretation of data: AM. Designed the study, designed the study protocol and favored the realization of the intervention: MAG EL.