Stimulant medication use in college students: Comparison of appropriate users, misusers, and nonusers

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 832-840

  Hartung, Cynthia M ^a   Canu, Will H ^b   Cleveland, Carolyn S ^a   Lefler, Elizabeth K ^c   Mignogna, Melissa J ^d   Fedele, David A ^e   Correia, Christopher J ^f   Leffingwell, Thad R ^d   Clapp, Joshua D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; College students; Emerging adults; Psychostimulant misuse

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INSOMNIA; LIBIDO DISORDER; LOSS OF APPETITE; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESSNESS; SENSATION SEEKING; SIDE EFFECT; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; TIC; TREMOR; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884608401     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033822     Document Type: Article

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