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Self-Medication Practices Of Undergraduate College Students: Non-Medical Prescriptive Stimulant Use, Kim M. Vo
Self-Medication Practices Of Undergraduate College Students: Non-Medical Prescriptive Stimulant Use, Kim M. Vo
Honors Scholar Theses
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine self-medication practices of undergraduate students enrolled at the University of Connecticut in attempt to inform future educational efforts on drug misconceptions in order to encourage safe medication practices among incoming undergraduate students.
Background: Non-medical use of stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) treatment has gained attention due to non-medical prevalence rates in U.S. colleges. Current literature investigates circumstances, demographics and motives in sample populations that increase student misuse of these prescription medications.
Methods:
Design: Multi-method research strategy investigating the perceived focus group coded data to the actual self-reported Adhere Tx Know …