We examined the use of nonmedical prescription stimulants (NPSs) among students (N = 1,208) at a large public university in southeastern United States. After students who had been prescribed stimulants had been removed from the sample, 202 of the remaining 1,067 students (i.e., 18.9%) reported having engaged in NPS use in their lifetime. NPS use was strongly associated with membership in Greek societies and with binge drinking behavior. NPS users overwhelmingly reported engagement in NPS use for academic rather than for recreational purposes, and as anticipated, NPS users with academic motives reported stronger academic benefits than NPS users with social/recreational motives. Reports of guilt were low, and frequent users reported less guilt than infrequent users. Implications for interventions are discussed.

我们研究了美国东南部一所大型公立大学的学生（N = 1,208）中非医学处方兴奋剂（NPS）的使用情况。从样本中删除了开处方兴奋剂的学生后，其余1,067名学生中有202名（即18.9％）报告说他们一生中都在使用NPS。NPS的使用与希腊社会的成员资格和暴饮酒行为密切相关。NPS用户绝大多数报告称从事NPS用于学术目的而不是用于娱乐目的，并且正如预期的那样，具有学术动机的NPS用户所报告的学术收益要高于具有社会/娱乐动机的NPS用户。内感的报告很低，与不常使用的用户相比，经常使用的用户感到内。讨论了干预的含义。