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Abstract Background Identifying the underlying mechanisms through which adverse childhood experiences affect (ACEs) the mental health of adolescents is of paramount importance for disease prevention in later stages of life. Objective The present study examines the relationship between ACEs and psychopathology in adolescents from northern Chile and how attachment style (abandonment anxiety and intimacy avoidance) may moderate this relationship. A total of 154 schooled adolescents aged 12 to 17 (M = 15.08, SD = 1.64) completed a series of self-report questionnaires including the Adverse Childhood Experience Questionnaire (ACEs), Experiences in Close Relationships- Relationship Structures (ECR-RS), and Youth Self Report (YSR-18). Results The data analysis was carried out using SPSS version 25, which included descriptive analysis, one-way ANOVA, and Spearman correlation analysis. To address moderation analysis, the PROCESS macro extension version 4.1 was employed. In this process, the bootstrap method was applied to construct confidence intervals, and the pick-a-point approach was used to define the levels of the moderating variable. According to the results, 80.3% of the sample experienced one or more ACEs, and 16.4% reported experiencing at least three. Furthermore, the variables under study exhibited significant correlations with each other, except for intimacy avoidance, which showed no correlation with ACEs (rho = -0.10; p = 0.273). When considering abandonment anxiety as a moderating variable, the direct effect of ACEs on externalizing symptoms showed statistically significant changes (β = 0.60, p = 0.03). No other moderating effects were found according to the proposed models. Conclusion In childhood, the accumulation of ACEs is associated with the development of psychopathology in adolescents from northern Chile, specifically with the presence of internalizing and externalizing symptoms. These findings suggest that lower levels of abandonment anxiety could mitigate the effects of ACEs on adolescent psychopathology, while higher levels of abandonment anxiety could exacerbate these effects on psychopathology.

La satisfacción con la vida es una escala que se ha usado ampliamente para estudiar la medida del bienestar subjetivo en distintas poblaciones. Esta medida permite valorar de una manera global los elementos que son relevantes para la calidad de vida actual de una persona. El objetivo de la presente investigación es evaluar las propiedades psicométricas de la escala de satisfacción con la vida en una muestra de inmigrantes latinoamericanos en España. El estudio tiene una metodología no experimental, tipo encuesta y de corte transversal. El tamaño de la muestra fue de 508 participantes, quienes procedían principalmente de Colombia, Ecuador y Bolivia. Para estudiar las propiedades de la escala, primero se procedió a las pruebas de consistencia interna. Seguidamente se realizó un análisis factorial confirmatorio para determinar la validez de constructo del instrumento. En tercer y último lugar, se estudió la validez convergente con las emociones percibidas y el arraigo. Los resultados soportan la estructura unidimensional de la escala de satisfacción con la vida y entregan una buena evaluación psicométrica. Se concluye que la escala es una medida fiable y válida para estudiar el bienestar de la colectividad inmigrante latinoamericana en España.