Sexual orientation and first-year college students' nonmedical use of prescription drugs

Nonmedical use of prescription stimulants and analgesics was assessed from personal interviews with a stratified random sample of 1,253 first-year college students ages 17 to 20 attending a large public university (86% response rate). Lifetime and past-year prevalence of nonmedical use of stimulants, analgesics, or both was 19.6%wt and 15.6%wt, respectively. Nonmedical users had significantly lower grade point averages (GPAs) in high school as compared with nonusers; in college they skipped classes more often, spent more time socializing, and spent less time studying. For example, nonmedical users of both stimulants and analgesics skipped 21 % of their college classes whereas nonusers skipped 9%. Controlling for high school GPA and other factors, past-year nonmedical use independently predicted lower college GPA by the end of the first year of college; this effect was partially mediated by skipping more classes. Nonmedical users of prescription drugs comprise a high-risk group for academic problems in college.

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Supplemental Material for Efficacy of Alcohol Interventions for First-Year College Students: A Meta-Analytic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology ◽

10.1037/a0035192.supp ◽

2014 ◽

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Randomized Controlled Trials ◽

First Year ◽

Controlled Trials ◽

First Year College ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Alcohol Interventions ◽

Analytic Review ◽

First Year College Students

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Supplemental Material for Correcting Exaggerated Drinking Norms With a Mobile Message Delivery System: Selective Prevention With Heavy-Drinking First-Year College Students

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors ◽

10.1037/adb0000566.supp ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Delivery System ◽

Heavy Drinking ◽

First Year ◽

Message Delivery ◽

First Year College ◽

First Year College Students ◽

Selective Prevention

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Gambling and Alcohol Use Among First-Year College Students

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e520962007-001 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Tracey L. Rocha ◽

M. Dolores Cimini ◽

Angelina X. Diaz-Myers ◽

Matthew P. Martens ◽

Estela M. Rivero ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

First Year ◽

First Year College ◽

First Year College Students

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Examining Vocational Exploratory Behavior in First-Year College Students

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e700022007-001 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Rachel F. Pickett ◽

Paul A. Gore ◽

Jane L. Swanson

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Exploratory Behavior ◽

First Year ◽

First Year College ◽

First Year College Students

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Is Pre-College Interpersonal Trauma Associated with Cannabis Use?

10.31234/osf.io/qhufj ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Terrell A Hicks ◽

Daniel Bustamante ◽

Kaitlin E Bountress ◽

Amy Adkins ◽

Dace S Svikis ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Interpersonal Trauma ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Cannabis Use ◽

First Year ◽

Southeastern Part ◽

First Year College ◽

Large N ◽

First Year College Students ◽

Experimental Use

Objective: To examine the prevalence and correlates of lifetime cannabis use (i.e., experimental [use 1-5 times] and non-experimental [use ≥ 6 times]) in relation to demographics, interpersonal trauma (IPT), and alcohol and nicotine use.Participants: A large (n = 9,889) representative sample of college students at an urban college campus in the southeastern part of the United States.Methods: Participants were 4 cohorts of first-year college students who completed measures of demographic variables, cannabis, alcohol, nicotine, and IPT. Associations were estimated using multinomial logistic regressions.Results: The prevalence of lifetime cannabis use was 45.5%. Specifically, 28.1% reported non-experimental cannabis use and 17.4% reported experimental cannabis use. Race, cohort, nicotine, and IPT were associated with experimental and non-experimental cannabis use. Additionally, alcohol and sex were associated with non-experimental cannabis use.Conclusions: Results show that cannabis use is prevalent among college students and is associated with race, IPT, and other substance use.

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