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The Nonmedical Use Of Prescription Stimulants Among Students With High Academic Standing, Megan L. Dwyer
The Nonmedical Use Of Prescription Stimulants Among Students With High Academic Standing, Megan L. Dwyer
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
College students report one of the highest rates of the nonmedical use of prescription stimulants (NPS). Research has shown that use is more common among students who have high levels of perceived stress, such as honors students. The purpose of this study was to determine whether honors students reported higher rates of NPS than their non-honors peers with high academic standing. It was hypothesized that honors students would report higher rates of use. The instrument used in this study was an email survey that was administered electronically through the online Qualtrics Survey system. The survey request was sent to 3,530 …