Although the concurrent link between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and both physical and mental health is established, little is known about the mechanisms that explain it. We investigated the relationship between ACEs and well-being and the mediating roles of coping, executive function (EF), and cognitive failure in a non-clinical sample of college students. Participants (N = 194) completed behavioral measures and self-reports. More than half of the sample had at least one ACE. Correlational and mediational analyses examined the relationships between ACEs, college adaptation, psychopathology, substance use, coping, and cognitive failure. ACEs did not correlate with indices of EF or cognitive failure but there was a positive relationship between cognitive failure and negative coping. ACEs positively correlated with college adaptation, psychopathology, and substance abuse. There was a full mediation from ACE via negative coping and cognitive failure for college adaptation and psychopathology and via negative coping for alcohol, and drug use. ACEs relate with reliance on negative coping which in turn predicts poor adaptation, and heightened symptomatology for psychopathology either directly or indirectly through cognitive failure.

尽管童年不良经历 (ACE) 与身心健康之间存在并发联系，但对其解释机制知之甚少。我们在大学生的非临床样本中调查了 ACE 与幸福感之间的关系以及应对、执行功能 (EF) 和认知失败的中介作用。参与者 ( N = 194) 完成行为测量和自我报告。超过一半的样本至少有一个 ACE。相关性和中介性分析检查了 ACE、大学适应、精神病理学、物质使用、应对和认知失败之间的关系。ACE 与 EF 或认知失败指数无关，但认知失败和消极应对之间存在正相关关系。ACE 与大学适应、精神病理学和药物滥用呈正相关。ACE 通过消极应对和大学适应和精神病理学的认知失败以及对酒精和吸毒的消极应对进行了全面调解。ACE 与对消极应对的依赖有关，这反过来又预示着适应能力差，