The Influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences on College Student's Fertility Intention:the Mediating Role of Subjective Well-being
Objective:To explore the influence of adverse childhood experiences on college students'fertility intention,analyze the mediating role of subjective well-being in it,and provide a psychological perspective for understanding college students'fertility intention.Methods:2246 college students were measured by the Chinese version of childhood adversity international questionnaire(ACE-IQ),life satisfaction scale(SWLS),positive and negative affective scale(PANAS)and fer-tility intention questionnaire.Results:(1)The results of correlation analysis showed that college students'adverse child-hood experience had significant negative correlation with their subjective well-being,fertility possibility and ideal number of children(r=-0.36,P<0.001;r=-0.15,P<0.001;r=-0.09,P<0.001);(2)The mediating effect analysis showed that college students'adverse childhood experiences negatively predicted their subjective well-being(β=-0.28,P<0.001),and their subjective well-being positively predicted their reproductive intention(β=0.07,P<0.001).Subjective well-being played a mediating role between college students'adverse childhood experiences and their reproductive intention.Conclusion:Ad-verse childhood experiences have long-term and far-reaching effects.College students who have more adverse childhood experiences may be less happy and therefore less willing to have offspring.