Psychostimulant use among college students during periods of high and low stress: An interdisciplinary approach utilizing both self-report and unobtrusive chemical sample data

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 987-993

  Moore, David R ^a   Burgard, Daniel A ^a   Larson, Ramsey G ^a   Ferm, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adderall; Coping; Psychostimulants; Ritalin; Stress; Wastewater analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE PLUS DEXAMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; CREATININE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE; LISDEXAMFETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NICOTINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; RITALINIC ACID; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WASTEWATER ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROCRASTINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL STRESS; SELF REPORT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUBSTANCE USE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME MANAGEMENT; TOBACCO; WATER SAMPLING; YOUNG ADULT; ADDICTION; DRUG MISUSE; MENTAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TIME;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898600633     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.01.021     Document Type: Article

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