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How Adverse Childhood Experiences Relate to Subjective Wellbeing in College Students: The Role of Resilience and Depression

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  • Mohammedhamid Osman Kelifa

    (Wuhan University
    Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  • Yinmei Yang

    (Wuhan University
    University of Massachusetts Medical School)

  • Herbert Carly

    (University of Massachusetts Medical School)

  • Wang Bo

    (University of Massachusetts Medical School)

  • Peigang Wang

    (Wuhan University)

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 insufficient 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 A national representative sample of college students was withdrawn from the Eritrean Institutions of Higher Education using a stratified systematic sampling (N = 507).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 effects 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 effect of ACEs on subjective wellbeing. Targeted interventions should be tailored to enhance resilience and prevent depression in this population.

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  • Mohammedhamid Osman Kelifa & Yinmei Yang & Herbert Carly & Wang Bo & Peigang Wang, 2021. "How Adverse Childhood Experiences Relate to Subjective Wellbeing in College Students: The Role of Resilience and Depression," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 22(5), pages 2103-2123, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:22:y:2021:i:5:d:10.1007_s10902-020-00308-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s10902-020-00308-7
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