Trial reportDrug and alcohol dependence2013
Illicit use of prescription stimulants in a college student sample: a theory-guided analysis.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Self-medication of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms with psychoactive substances in adults: a scoping review of how symptom-relief motives are framed and operationalised across substances.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Screening and vaccination as determined by the Social Ecological Model and the Theory of Triadic Influence: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2016Pooled it
- The Illicit Use of Prescription Stimulants on College Campuses: A Theory-Guided Systematic Review.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2015Pooled it
- Expectancy for Adderall influences subjective mood and drug effects regardless of concurrent caffeine ingestion: A randomized controlled trial.Psychopharmacology · 2024Trial
- 'Sorry, I don't give away my medication': an examination of refusals todivert stimulant medication.Addiction research & theory · 2026Article
- Who Persists and Who Desists? A Prospective Study of Prescription Stimulant Misuse in College Graduates.Journal of drug issues · 2024Article
- Psychostimulant Misuse Among American Indian, Alaskan Native, or Native Hawaiian College Students in the U.S. From 2015 to 2019.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2023Article
- Different phases of ATS use call for different interventions: a large qualitative study in Europe.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
- Associations of prescription stimulant misuse with subsequent methamphetamine use among a U.S. cohort of HIV-vulnerable sexual and gender minorities who have sex with men.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Pharmacological Neuroenhancement: Current Aspects of Categorization, Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Drug Development, Ethics, and Future Perspectives.Neural plasticity · 2021Review
- Motivations for the nonmedical use of prescription drugs in a longitudinal national sample of young adults.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Article
- "Study Natural" without Drugs: An Exploratory Study of Theory-Guided and Tailored Health Campaign Interventions to Prevent Nonmedical Use of Prescription Stimulants in College Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Psychosocial functioning among college students who misuse stimulants versus other drugs.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
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- Knowledge, attitudes and practices of cervical cancer prevention among Zambian women and men.BMC public health · 2019Article
- College students' perceived benefit-to-risk tradeoffs for nonmedical use of prescription stimulants: Implications for intervention designs.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
- Examining residence status as a risk factor for health risk behaviors among college students.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2018Article
- A Mixed-Methods Approach Examining Illicit Prescription Stimulant Use: Findings From a Northern California University.The journal of primary prevention · 2017Article
- Brain doping: stimulants use and misuse among a sample of Italian college students.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2017Article
- Neuropsychological functioning in college students who misuse prescription stimulants.The American journal on addictions · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe illicit use of prescription stimulants (IUPS) has emerged as a high-risk behavior of the 21st century college student. As the study of IUPS is relatively new, we aimed to understand (1) characteristics of IUPS (i.e., initiation, administration routes, drug sources, motives, experiences), and (2) theory-guided intrapersonal, interpersonal, and environmental correlates associated with use.
methodsUsing one-stage cluster sampling, 520 students (96.3% response rate) at one Pacific Northwest University completed a paper-based, in-classroom survey on IUPS behaviors and expected correlates. Aim 1 was addressed using descriptive statistics and aim 2 was addressed via three nested logistic regression analyses guided by the Theory of Triadic Influence.
resultsThe prevalence of ever engaging in IUPS during college was 25.6%. The majority (>50.0%) of users reported initiation during college, oral use, friends as the drug source, academic motives, and experiencing desired outcomes. Intrapersonal correlates associated with use included identifying as White, lower grade point average, diagnoses of attention deficit disorder, and lower avoidance self-efficacy. Interpersonal correlates of use included off-campus residence, varsity sports participation, IUPS perceptions by socializing agents, and greater behavioral norms. Exposure to prescription drug print media, greater prescription stimulant knowledge, and positive attitudes towards prescription stimulants were environmental correlates associated with use. In all models, IUPS intentions were strongly associated with use.
conclusionsIUPS was prevalent on the campus under investigation and factors from the intrapersonal, interpersonal and environmental domains were associated with the behavior. Implications for prevention and future research are discussed.
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