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Table 5 Multicategorical mediation model: the mediating role of CSEs on the relationship between household violence, multiple ACEs, and subjective well-being, relative to low ACEs (N = 507)

From: Classes of childhood adversities and their associations to the mental health of college undergraduates: a nationwide cross-sectional study

Pathways

Unstandardized β (SE)

p value

Bias corrected

95% CI

CSEs on

  

Lower, upper

 Household violence (a1)

0.317 (0.108)

0.003

0.105, 0.528

 Multiple ACEs (a2)

1.117 (0.138)

<0.001

0.849, 1.395

Subjective well-being on

 CSEs (b)

−0.302 (0.049)

<0.001

−0.397, −0.202

 Household violence (c1')

0.073 (0.114)

0.526

−0.154, 0.294

 Multiple ACEs (c2')

0.030 (0.145)

0.839

−0.263, 0.310

Relative indirect effects

 a1*b

−0.096 (0.036)

0.008

−0.176, −0.033

 a2*b

−0.338 (0.073)

<0.001

−0.498, −0.210

Relative total effects

 a1*b+ c1'

−0.023 (0.119)

0.844

−0.261, 0.203

 a2*b+ c2'

−0.308 (0.133)

0.021

−0.571, −0.049

  1. a1 and a2 represent the effects of household violence and multiple ACEs on CSEs, compared to low ACEs; b represents the effect of CSEs on subjective well-being; c1' and c2' represent the relative direct effects of household violence and multiple ACEs on subjective well-being, relative to low ACEs; a1*b and a2*b represent the relative indirect effect on subjective well-being through CSEs for household violence and multiple ACEs, compared to low ACEs
  2. CSEs current stressful events, ACEs adverse childhood experiences, CI confidence interval, SE standard error