@article{ref1,
title="Non-medical use of prescription drugs in a national sample of college women",
journal="Addictive behaviors",
year="2011",
author="McCauley, Jenna L. and Amstadter, Ananda B. and Macdonald, Alexandra and Danielson, Carla Kmett and Ruggiero, Kenneth J. and Resnick, Heidi S. and Kilpatrick, Dean G.",
volume="36",
number="7",
pages="690-695",
abstract="Non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) is one of the fastest growing forms of illicit drug use, with research indicating that college students represent a particularly high risk population. The current study examined demographic characteristics, health/mental health, substance misuse, and rape experiences as potential risk correlates of NMUPD among a national sample of college women (N=2000). Interviews were conducted via telephone using Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing technology. NMUPD was assessed by asking if, participants had used a prescription drug non-medically in the past year. NMUPD was endorsed by 7.8% of the sample (n=155). Although incapacitated and drug-alcohol facilitated rape were associated with NMUPD in the initial model, the final multivariable model showed that only lifetime major depression and other forms of substance use/abuse were significantly uniquely associated with an increased likelihood of NMUPD. Implications for primary and secondary prevention and subsequent research are addressed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-4603",
doi="10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.01.020",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.01.020"
}