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Executive Functioning and Distress Tolerance: A Moderating Role of Age and Family System

    Farwa Munir

    University of Management and Technology

    Sadia Saleem

    University of Management and Technology

    Sayyeda Taskeen Zahra

    University of Management and Technology


Received
06 Jan, 2022
Accepted
06 Aug, 2023
Published
30 Sep, 2023

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.

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APA-7 Style
Munir, F., Saleem, S., Zahra, S.T. (2023). Executive Functioning and Distress Tolerance: A Moderating Role of Age and Family System. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 38(3), 373-389. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2023.38.3.22

ACS Style
Munir, F.; Saleem, S.; Zahra, S.T. Executive Functioning and Distress Tolerance: A Moderating Role of Age and Family System. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2023, 38, 373-389. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2023.38.3.22

AMA Style
Munir F, Saleem S, Zahra ST. Executive Functioning and Distress Tolerance: A Moderating Role of Age and Family System. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2023; 38(3): 373-389. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2023.38.3.22

Chicago/Turabian Style
Munir, Farwa, Sadia Saleem, and Sayyeda Taskeen Zahra. 2023. "Executive Functioning and Distress Tolerance: A Moderating Role of Age and Family System" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 38, no. 3: 373-389. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2023.38.3.22