association of alexithymia and sense of coherence with life satisfaction in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

ABSTRACT

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [ADHD] influences the lives of many of students. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between alexithymia, sense of coherence and life satisfaction in students with ADHD symptoms and normal student. This research is a causal-comparative study. The research sample consisting of 47 students with ADHD symptoms and 47 normal students was selected through a simple random sampling method. Data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficients and multiple regression analyses. The results showed that alexithymia [r = 0.33] and sense of coherence [r = -0.26] were related to life satisfaction in ADHD and normal students. The results of multiple regression showed that alexithymia and sense of coherence explained 20% of the variance in life satisfaction in students. The results show that sense of coherence has positively but alexithymia was negatively related with life satisfaction in ADHD student