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Taking Drugs for Exams: An Investigation with Social Work Students

  • 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.

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Author:Roxana Schweighart, Sebastian Kruck, Mathias Blanz
DOI:https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2020.1857352
ISSN:1470-1227
Parent Title (English):Social Work Education
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Place of publication:Philadelphia, USA
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of publication:2021
Release Date:2023/06/23
Volume:40
Issue:6
Pages/Size:18
First Page:737
Last Page:755
Institutes and faculty:Fakultäten / Fakultät Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 36 Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste / 362 Probleme und Dienste der Sozialhilfe
Regensburger Klassifikation:Pädagogik
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