Abstract

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events experienced by children before the age of 18, generally consisting of violence, neglect, and dysfunctional family conditions. A person’s mental well-being can be shaped by past, where traumatic experiences may serve as a separate stressor for individuals in their daily lives, especially for women who are considered more emotional. This research aims to determine the correlation between adverse childhood experiences and the mental well-being of women in emerging adulthood (18-25 years). The subjects were 219 emerging adulthood women who were taken by the incidental sampling process. Data were collected by distributing the Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) questionnaire modified from the Kaiser Permanente study of the CDC (Felitti, 1998) and the WEMWBS questionnaire (Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale). It was analyze using chi-square analysis. The results showed that there was a low degree of correlation between adverse childhood experiences and mental well-being.. Most of the women in emerging adulthood who were the subjects in this study had a higher category of mental well-being. The category of Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) that the subjects mostly experienced was emotional neglect.

Keyword : Adverse childhood experiences, mental wellbeing, emerging adulthood