TY - JOUR
T1 - Executive Functioning and Distress Tolerance
T2 - A Moderating Role of Age and Family System
AU - Munir, Farwa
AU - Saleem, Sadia
AU - Zahra, Sayyeda Taskeen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The current research was aimed to explore the moderating role of age and family system in the association with deficits in executive functioning and distress tolerance in university students. The cross-sectional research design was used and a stratified sample of 170 university students was taken in terms of gender, family system, and age. Barkley Deficit in Executive Functioning Scale (Barkley, 2012) and Distress Tolerance Scale (Azhar et al., 2018) was given to participants with a demographics sheet. The result of the study claimed that deficits in executive functioning, age and family system were significant positive predictors of distress tolerance in university students. Moreover, in early adulthood, the conditional effect of deficits in executive functioning on distress tolerance was more statistically significant than in middle adulthood. However, the effect was nonsignificant in late adulthood. Furthermore, the conditional effect of deficits in executive functioning on distress tolerance is significant in university students from nuclear family system and non-significant in students from joint family system. The study would be helpful to understand the issues of university students and to provide counselling to them. Besides, early and timely identification of risk and protective factors of deficits in executive functioning would prevent serious consequences in university students.
AB - The current research was aimed to explore the moderating role of age and family system in the association with deficits in executive functioning and distress tolerance in university students. The cross-sectional research design was used and a stratified sample of 170 university students was taken in terms of gender, family system, and age. Barkley Deficit in Executive Functioning Scale (Barkley, 2012) and Distress Tolerance Scale (Azhar et al., 2018) was given to participants with a demographics sheet. The result of the study claimed that deficits in executive functioning, age and family system were significant positive predictors of distress tolerance in university students. Moreover, in early adulthood, the conditional effect of deficits in executive functioning on distress tolerance was more statistically significant than in middle adulthood. However, the effect was nonsignificant in late adulthood. Furthermore, the conditional effect of deficits in executive functioning on distress tolerance is significant in university students from nuclear family system and non-significant in students from joint family system. The study would be helpful to understand the issues of university students and to provide counselling to them. Besides, early and timely identification of risk and protective factors of deficits in executive functioning would prevent serious consequences in university students.
KW - Deficits in executive functioning
KW - distress tolerance
KW - sensation seeking
KW - university students
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85174156837&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.33824/PJPR.2023.38.3.22
DO - 10.33824/PJPR.2023.38.3.22
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85174156837
SN - 1016-0604
VL - 38
SP - 373
EP - 389
JO - Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research
JF - Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research
IS - 3
ER -