Associations between symptoms of attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder and life satisfaction in medical students: the mediating effect of resilience

Table 2 Characteristics of the subjects in ADHD symptomatic group and non-symptomatic group (N = 521)

Variables	ADHD symptomatic N (%)	ADHD non-symptomatic N (%)	P
Age group
18–20	32 (10.46%)	274 (89.54%)	0.049
21–25	12 (5.58%)	203 (94.42%)	0.049
Gender
Male	19 (10.56%)	161 (89.44%)	0.208
Female	25 (7.33%)	316 (92.67%)	0.208
Academic year
First year	21 (10.40%)	181 (89.60%)	0.258
Second year	17 (9.29%)	166 (90.71%)
Third year	3 (4.69%)	61 (95.31%)
Fourth year	3 (4.17%)	69 (95.83%)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Resilience	57.50 ± 16.06	68.85 ± 14.01	< 0.001
Life satisfaction	18.00 ± 6.69	23.46 ± 6.84	< 0.001

Resilience: Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale; Life satisfaction: Satisfaction With Life Scale

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