FACTORS AFFECTING ATTENTIONAL VITALITY ON STROOP TASK AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN PESHAWAR

Abstract

Abstract

Present study was designed to investigate the effect of different factors on the attentional vitality/flexibility of the university students as measured through Stroop task. Objectives of the study were to find out gender differences in general as well as to compare the performance of female students during their menstrual cycle with that of other females without cycle and with the male students. University students (100 male and 100 females), with age range 20 to 25 years enrolled in BS and Masters were included in the study. Convenience sampling technique was used to select these participants. English version of the Stroop Test, designed by Trenerry et al. (1989) was used. t- test was used for data analysis. Significant differences were observed between males and females in general, similarly the performance of females during their menstrual cycle phase was significantly low as compared to other females without cycle.