TY - JOUR A1 - Schweighart, Roxana A1 - Kruck, Sebastian A1 - Blanz, Mathias T1 - Taking Drugs for Exams: An Investigation with Social Work Students T2 - Social Work Education N2 - The present study carried out in Germany is concerned with social work students' consumption of either non-prescribed medicine (e.g. amphetamine) or illegal drugs (such as cocaine) to improve their cognitive performance (neuroenhancement) during examinations. In the main study (n = 257), 16% reported to have consumed such substances, including more men than women and more older than younger students. The use of drugs was neither influenced by study-related variables (e.g. performance pressure) nor parent-related factors (e.g. high-performance expectations). However, as expected by the Theory of Planned Behavior, there were impacts of (1) students' belief in the supposed effectiveness of neuroenhan-cers, (2) their affiliation to a 'doping' student minority group, and (3) the possibility and situational ease of procurement of such substances. The conclusions were supported by a replication study (n = 444). Finally, implications of these results for social work education are discussed. Y1 - 2021 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhws/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2514 SN - 1470-1227 VL - 40 IS - 6 SP - 737 EP - 755 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - Philadelphia, USA ER -