Deficits in Executive Functioning, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Relationships and ADHD Symptoms in University Students
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2021
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UMT, Lahore
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This research aimed to explore the relationship among deficits in executive functioning, emotion regulation, interpersonal relationships, and attention deficits, and hyperactive symptoms in university students. This research was completed by carrying out four independent studies. Study 1 consisted of the development of Attention Deficits Hyperactivity Symptomatology Scale. Factor Analysis generated three factors of Attention Deficits and Hyperactive Disorder symptoms inattention, hyperactivity, and prosocial with good internal consistency. Study 2 comprised translation and validation of Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning Scale for adults with the good fit model. Government and private university settings were used for the current study. In current, a mixed-method design was used. Study 3 was carried out with the testing of the hypothesis by taking a sample of 1190 university students 46% men and 54 % women with the age range of 18-24 years (M= 20, SD= 1.55) through multi-stage sampling. Participants have completed the Attention Deficits and Hyperactive Symptoms Scale Self-Report, Interpersonal Difficulties Scale (IDS), Difficulties in emotion regulation scale, and Barkley Deficits in Executive Functioning for Adults.