Evaluation of Medical School Students in Terms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Emotional Regulation Difficulties
Objective: The symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affect individuals’ education, quality of life, work, and social life. Studies have indicated that adults with ADHD often experience emotion dysregulation as much as they exhibit the core symptoms of the disorder, leading to...
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| author | Ayşe Akan Engin Burak Selçuk Burcu Kayhan Tetik Mustafa Akan Ahmet Kadir Arslan |
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| description | Objective: The symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affect individuals’ education, quality of life, work, and social life. Studies have indicated that adults with ADHD often experience emotion dysregulation as much as they exhibit the core symptoms of the disorder, leading to significant problems in social life. This study aimed to evaluate ADHD symptoms and emotional regulation difficulties in medical students studying at a university hospital.
Methods: The research was conducted between 20.10.2021 and 20.11.2021 in the family medicine department of a university hospital. The sociodemographic data form, adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS), and difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS) were administered to the participants online via Google surveys. The study sample was grouped according to the total ASRS score of the participants.
Results: A total of 552 participants were included in the study. Participants were divided into 3 groups: high probable ADHD (HP-ADHD), probable ADHD (P-ADHD), and without ADHD (WO-ADHD) according to the ASRS cutoff score. The HP-ADHD group had higher DERS total score and all subscale scores than the WO-ADHD group (p<0.001 for all analyses). The ASRS total scores were positively correlated with the DERS total scores (r=0.643, p<0.001). In addition, suicide attempts, forensic event history, and class failure were significantly more frequent in the HP-ADHD group than in the WO-ADHD group (p<0.001, p=0.043, p=0.024 respectively).
Conclusion: There is a significant correlation between ADHD and emotional regulation difficulties, which may cause clinical diversity that may cause problems in different areas of life in adults. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-920d13647f2b433e8d14e8e8e79ccd432025-01-13T11:41:05ZengGalenos Publishing HouseGazi Medical Journal2147-20922025-01-01361657310.12996/gmj.2024.4171Evaluation of Medical School Students in Terms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Emotional Regulation DifficultiesAyşe Akan0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1576-3281Engin Burak Selçuk1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8484-0223Burcu Kayhan Tetik2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3976-4986Mustafa Akan3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9252-8341Ahmet Kadir Arslan4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8626-9542Family Medicine Unit, Bursa Yıldırım Çınarönü Family Health Center, Bursa, TürkiyeDepartment of Family Medicine, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, TürkiyeDepartment of Family Medicine, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, TürkiyeClinic of Psychiatry, Bursa Gemlik State Hospital, Bursa, TürkiyeDepartment of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, TürkiyeObjective: The symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affect individuals’ education, quality of life, work, and social life. Studies have indicated that adults with ADHD often experience emotion dysregulation as much as they exhibit the core symptoms of the disorder, leading to significant problems in social life. This study aimed to evaluate ADHD symptoms and emotional regulation difficulties in medical students studying at a university hospital. Methods: The research was conducted between 20.10.2021 and 20.11.2021 in the family medicine department of a university hospital. The sociodemographic data form, adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS), and difficulties in emotion regulation scale (DERS) were administered to the participants online via Google surveys. The study sample was grouped according to the total ASRS score of the participants. Results: A total of 552 participants were included in the study. Participants were divided into 3 groups: high probable ADHD (HP-ADHD), probable ADHD (P-ADHD), and without ADHD (WO-ADHD) according to the ASRS cutoff score. The HP-ADHD group had higher DERS total score and all subscale scores than the WO-ADHD group (p<0.001 for all analyses). The ASRS total scores were positively correlated with the DERS total scores (r=0.643, p<0.001). In addition, suicide attempts, forensic event history, and class failure were significantly more frequent in the HP-ADHD group than in the WO-ADHD group (p<0.001, p=0.043, p=0.024 respectively). Conclusion: There is a significant correlation between ADHD and emotional regulation difficulties, which may cause clinical diversity that may cause problems in different areas of life in adults.https://gazimedj.com/articles/evaluation-of-medical-school-students-in-terms-of-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-and-emotional-regulation-difficulties/doi/gmj.2024.4171adult adhdemotion regulation difficultiesmedical studentfamily medicinepsychiatry |
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| title | Evaluation of Medical School Students in Terms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Emotional Regulation Difficulties |
| title_full | Evaluation of Medical School Students in Terms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Emotional Regulation Difficulties |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Medical School Students in Terms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Emotional Regulation Difficulties |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Medical School Students in Terms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Emotional Regulation Difficulties |
| title_short | Evaluation of Medical School Students in Terms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Emotional Regulation Difficulties |
| title_sort | evaluation of medical school students in terms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and emotional regulation difficulties |
| topic | adult adhd emotion regulation difficulties medical student family medicine psychiatry |
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