Dreijer, Fabiën P. (2023) The Association Between Symptoms of ADHD and Executive Functions in Students. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The current adult ADHD diagnosis is still relatively vague. Several difficulties in diagnosing adult ADHD pertain, leading to problems with misdiagnosis and untreated ADHD symptoms in struggling adults. This study’s purpose is to investigate and gain an improved understanding of the association between ADHD symptoms and executive functions in university students. This association is investigated generally, whereafter more specifically the association between executive functions inhibition and motivation and ADHD symptoms is investigated. Lastly, inhibition and motivation are investigated as predictors of ADHD symptoms. This study uses two questionnaires, namely the Conners’ Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS) and the Executive Function Index (EFI). These were administered to 229 university students, who filled in the questionnaires online. These questionnaires were used to measure the degree of ADHD symptomatology and the degree of executive functioning in students. It was found that students with more ADHD symptoms generally experienced more struggles with executive functions. More specifically, it was found that students with a higher degree of ADHD symptomatology showed more problems with the executive function inhibition, but not more problems with the executive function motivation. This study also found that inhibition is a weak predictor of ADHD symptoms. Conclusively, it is important to further investigate the association between executive functions and ADHD symptomatology, as executive functions may play an important part in treatment of adult ADHD. Furthermore, this research suggests that ADHD in students can be measured based on the core symptoms of ADHD, by using the DSM-5. The reason is that cognitive functions are important for a study, meaning that basic ADHD symptoms will be affected specially, thus expecting an association between cognitive functioning and the basic ADHD symptoms as per the DSM-5. Keywords: ADHD, executive functions, adult ADHD, students, EFI, CAARS
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Borger, N.A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2023 12:59 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Mar 2023 12:59 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1772 |
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