Comprehending self-compassion manifestations and their relationships among adults diagnosed with ADHD: A foundation for recovery-based interventions.

BACKGROUND

Enhancing self-compassion () was found to enhance Quality of Life (). There is a need to comprehend manifestations among adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who experience low to provide a foundation for Recovery-based interventions aiming to enhance and among adults with ADHD.

OBJECTIVE

To explore manifestations and their relationships with ADHD symptoms and ADHD related QoL.

METHODS

A cross-sectional survey used self-rated questionnaires for ADHD symptoms, and among 32 adults with ADHD, recruited by a volunteer community sampling.

RESULTS

Moderate overall was noted. Negative means were found to be higher than the positive means. The positive subscale had the lowest mean while the negative subscale had the highest mean. Overall level was found to significantly contribute to ADHD symptoms in predicting variance. was found to be a significant partial mediator between ADHD symptoms and .

CONCLUSION

Recovery-based interventions aiming to decrease the tendency of adults with ADHD to overidentify with their negative thoughts and feelings and to enhance their realization that their difficulties are shared by others, may have the potential to enhance and .