How Adverse Childhood Experiences Relate to Subjective Wellbeing in College Students: The Role of Resilience and Depression
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Mohammedhamid Osman Kelifa,Yinmei Yang,Herbert Carly,Wang Bo,Peigang Wang*
How Adverse Childhood Experiences Relate to Subjective Wellbeing in College Students: The Role of Resilience and Depression
Journal of Happiness Studies (2021) 22:2103–2123
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00308-7
Abstract
The enduring and detrimental impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on later health and wellbeing is now well established. However, research on the relationship between ACEs and subjective wellbeing, along with the potential risk and protective factors, is insufcient in the context of developing countries. The current study therefore, examined the mental health of young adults from a wellbeing perspective in a community emerging from a longstanding war. A national representative sample of college students was withdrawn from the Eritrean Institutions of Higher Education using a stratifed systematic sampling (N =507). Data regarding ACEs, resilience, depression symptoms, and subjective wellbeing were obtained through a direct administration of survey questionnaire. Mediation and moderation efects were tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results revealed that ACEs were negatively associated with resilience. In turn, resilience was correlated with lower depression and higher subjective wellbeing. ACEs had a positive association with depression, which in turn was negatively related to subjective wellbeing. Further, depression and resilience independently and jointly fully mediated the efect of ACEs on subjective wellbeing. Targeted interventions should be tailored to enhance resilience and prevent depression in this population.
Keywords : Adverse childhood experiences;Resilience;Depression;Subjective wellbeing