Non-Medical Prescription Stimulant Use in Graduate Students: Relationship With Academic Self-Efficacy and Psychological Variables

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 741-753

  Verdi, Genevieve ^a   Weyandt, Lisa L ^a   Zavras, Brynheld Martinez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; adult; stimulant misuse

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DEPRESSION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PREVALENCE; SELF EFFICACY; SELF MEDICATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84982986801     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054714529816     Document Type: Article

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