Non-medical prescription stimulant use in graduate students: relationship with academic self-efficacy and psychological variables

G Verdi, LL Weyandt… - Journal of attention …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The objective of this study was to examine graduate students' non-medical use of
prescription stimulant medication, and the relationship between non-medical use of …

Nonmedical prescription stimulant use among a sample of college students: relationship with psychological variables

LL Weyandt, G Janusis, KG Wilson… - Journal of Attention …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To further investigate use and potential misuse of prescription stimulants (eg,
Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta) among a sample of college students and to explore the …

Undergraduate prescription stimulant misuse: The impact of academic strain

L Norman, J Ford - Substance Use & Misuse, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: This study investigated the misuse of prescription stimulants among
undergraduates for academic purposes. This research is important as existing literature has …

Non-medical use of prescription stimulants: A comparison of college students and their same-age peers who do not attend college

JA Ford, C Pomykacz - Journal of psychoactive drugs, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Data show that the prevalence of non-medical use of prescription stimulants is higher
among college students than their same-age peers who do not attend college. Because of …

Nonmedical use of stimulants among medical students

JA Wasserman, JE Fitzgerald, MA Sunny… - Journal of Osteopathic …, 2014 - degruyter.com
Context: Proliferation of the use of psychopharmacologic drugs for the treatment of
individuals with attention and behavior disorders has promoted discussion of the illicit use of …

The use and misuse of prescription stimulants as “cognitive enhancers” by students at one academic health sciences center

JB Bossaer, JA Gray, SE Miller, G Enck… - Academic …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Prescription stimulant use as “cognitive enhancers” has been described among
undergraduate college students. However, the use of prescription stimulants among future …

Predictors of nonmedical use of prescription stimulants

SJ Lookatch, EM Dunne, EC Katz - Journal of psychoactive drugs, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
College students across the US engage in nonmedical use of prescription stimulants
(NMUPS) at increasing rates. While it has been found that use is frequently motivated by a …

An examination of prescription stimulant misuse and psychological variables among sorority and fraternity college populations

CL Dussault, LL Weyandt - Journal of attention disorders, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The objective of this study was to examine nonmedical stimulant use among
fraternity/sorority members and nonmembers and whether psychological variables (eg …

Prescription stimulant use among young adult college students: Who uses, why, and what are the consequences?

RT Fairman, M Vu, R Haardörfer… - Journal of American …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To examine prescription stimulant use among college students, particularly use
with versus without prescriptions or attention deficit hyperactive disorder (attention-deficit …

The use of prescription stimulants to enhance academic performance among college students in health care programs

L Herman, O Shtayermman, B Aksnes… - The Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: Prescription stimulant use as academic performance enhancers is increasingly
widespread among college students. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the …