ADULT ADHD, SELF-EFFICACY, AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LANGUAGE LEARNING: THE CASE OF FRESHMEN IN THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

The prevalence of ADHD in Morocco is still unknown. The paper sought to determine the extent to which this disorder may be prevalent in university students along with whether it would differ significantly among males and females. It also aimed to identify whether there would be a significant difference in both academic performance and self-efficacy among the ADHD and non-ADHD group. Three questionnaires were used to achieve this purpose. Cronbachs alpha was run followed by a chi-square test for independence and two independent-samples t-tests. There was no significant association between gender and ADHD symptoms (p = .12). In addition, there was no significant difference in academic performance (p = .39) and in self-efficacy scores (p = .46) for the ADHD and non-ADHD students. The study emphasized on the importance of a formal ADHD diagnosis as it could have provided insightful findings.