I am a Psychologist working on the field of Clinical Psychology and Psychology of Aging. Currently, I am a Research Fellow in Clinical Psychology at the University of Messina (Italy). I obtained my PhD in Clinical and Experimental Biomedical Sciences at the University of Messina (Italy). My research interests are mainly focused on psychogeriatrics and clinical psychology in medical chronic diseases, with peculiar interests on: premorbid psychological and personality factors involved in aging adaptation; emotion regulation in older subjects; the study of cognitive frailty in elderly patients; the association between cognitive reserve and clinical comorbidities; the study of neuropsychological correlates of internal and chronic diseases.