Temperament Patterns and Vulnerability to Anxiety and Depression in Children with Migraine: A Study Model

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the temperament and anxious-depressive disorders in young patients suffering from migraine. With a view to ascertain whether the models in the literature relating to a temperamental predisposition and whether such disorders are also applicable to such cases. In particular, analytical methods were adopted to undertake a detailed assessment of the role of “attention” as a cognitive domain of temperament. Much discussed in literature with regard to its correlation with the other emotional temperament domains and the various psychopathological traits. Our results point to a causal relationship between temperament and psychopathological domains. Emphasizing the influence of the attention temperamental variable, which appears to be associated with the variables indicative of introversion, and which correlates inversely with internalizing psychopathological aspects.