The misuse of pharmacological cognitive enhancers (PCEs) in an academic context is a growing area of concern, particularly as rates of PCE use among emerging adults have increased over time. The aim of this study was to identify potential targets for future preventive interventions by examining several social-cognitive variables as risk factors for PCE use. Using a sample of 335 undergraduate college students, attitudes toward cheating, academic locus of control, and perfectionism were measured as potential predictors of attitudes toward PCE use and beliefs about fairness. Results were that attitudes toward cheating and socially prescribed perfectionism predicted attitudes toward PCE use. Attitudes toward cheating and other-oriented perfectionism predicted beliefs about fairness. These results highlight perfectionism as a target for preventive interventions and underscore the need for colleges and universities to consider PCE use in their policies surrounding academic honesty.

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大学生对药理认知增强剂态度的预测因子

在学术环境中滥用药理学认知增强剂 (PCE) 是一个日益受到关注的领域，尤其是随着时间的推移，新兴成年人的 PCE 使用率有所增加。本研究的目的是通过检查几个社会认知变量作为 PCE 使用的风险因素来确定未来预防干预的潜在目标。使用 335 名本科生的样本，对作弊的态度、学术控制点和完美主义被测量为对 PCE 使用态度和公平信念的潜在预测因素。结果是，对作弊的态度和社会规定的完美主义预测了对 PCE 使用的态度。对作弊和以其他为导向的完美主义的态度预示着对公平的信念。