ADHD and Emotion Regulation during Foreign Language Classes: A Causal Modelling Approach

The present study examines the impact of ADHD on emotion regulation in social situations (e.g. in- teractions with others), within the context of foreign language classes, based on a causal modelling approach. Utilizing Morton’s causal tree model (2004), the research aims to investigate whether ADHD affects emo- tional responses to two specific types of social stimuli: interactions with lecturers and interactions with peers during foreign language classes. The research hypothesis suggests that individuals with ADHD will exhibit distinct patterns of emotion regulation in situations of potential, imagined, or actual rejection within these interactions, due to the frequent comorbidity of ADHD with Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD).