Academic factors associated with college students' prescription stimulant misuse in daily life : An ecological analysis of multiple levels

ObjectiveTo identify academic factors pertaining to college students, calendar timing, and particular moments that are uniquely associated with elevated likelihood of prescription stimulant misuse (intentions and actual behavior) in daily life. Participants: Participants were 297 freshmen and sophomores at a large public university in the United States in 2017-2019. Methods: Participants completed survey measures during lab visits and ecological momentary assessment procedures in daily life. Hypotheses were tested using multilevel models that accounted for the nested data and demographic covariates. Results: Student, calendar-based, and momentary academic factors were uniquely associated with stimulant misuse intentions in daily life. Real-time academic events, beyond the proportion of academic events experienced, emerged as a robust predictor of misuse behavior. Within-person links between real-time momentary predictors and misuse behavior were moderated by finals week timing. Conclusions: Findings offer implications for prevention and intervention strategies for college students at risk for prescription drug misuse.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:70

Enthalten in:

Journal of American college health : J of ACH - 70(2022), 7 vom: 04. Okt., Seite 2008-2016

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Barringer, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Papp, Lauren M [VerfasserIn]

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Volltext

Themen:

Academic stress
Central Nervous System Stimulants
College students
Ecological momentary assessment
Journal Article
Prescription stimulant misuse
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 30.09.2022

Date Revised 02.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/07448481.2020.1841774

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319644707