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

Background: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) influences the lives of many of students. objectives: 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. patients and methods: 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. results: 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. conclusions: the results show that sense of coherence has positively but alexithymia was negatively related with life satisfaction in adhd student.