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Citation

Lookatch SJ, Moore TM, Katz EC. J. Am. Coll. Health 2014; 62(4): 255-262.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07448481.2014.891593

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the impact on college students' perceptions of nonmedical use of prescription stimulants (NMUPS) of motivation for use and gender. Participants: Participants were college students (N = 695) from 2 universities in different regions of the United States.

METHODS: Participants read a vignette describing a college student who used a prescription stimulant for a nonmedical purpose and rated their perception of that individual using a semantic differential. A 2 (participant gender) by 2 (gender of the individual described in the vignette) by 3 (motive for use: get high, study, lose weight) design was used.

RESULTS: The male who used a stimulant to study was rated significantly less negatively than if he used the stimulant to get high. NMUPS as a study aid was viewed the least negatively overall.

CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that gender does not, whereas motivation for use does, impact students' perceptions of NMUPS.


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