Subjective stressors in school and their relation to neuroenhancement: a behavioral perspective on students' everyday life "doping".

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of psychoactive substances to neuroenhance cognitive performance is prevalent. Neuroenhancement (NE) in everyday life and doping in sport might rest on similar attitudinal representations, and both behaviors can be theoretically modeled by comparable means-to-end relations (substance-performance). A behavioral (not substance-based) definition of NE is proposed, with assumed functionality as its core component. It is empirically tested whether different NE variants (lifestyle drug, prescription drug, and illicit substance) can be regressed to school stressors.

Findings

Participants were 519 students (25.8 ± 8.4 years old, 73.1% female). Logistic regressions indicate that a modified doping attitude scale can predict all three NE variants. Multiple NE substan

SUBMITTER: Wolff W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3698138 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature