Thornton Veronica A, Dodd Cody G, Weed Nathan C
Department of Psychology, Central Michigan University, United States.
Department of Psychology, Central Michigan University, United States.
Addict Behav. 2020 Nov;110:106511. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106511. Epub 2020 Jun 11.
Prescription stimulant misuse (PSM) is a growing concern on college campuses and more research is needed to validate clinical measures commonly used for the assessment of risk for PSM among college students. The present study examined correlations between scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Second Edition-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) and self- and peer-reported misuse of prescription stimulants and other drugs in a sample of 96 pairs (included within a total N = 212) of undergraduate students. Nearly half of the participants (48%) reported that they had been offered prescription stimulants and one quarter (26%) reported trying someone else's prescription stimulant medications, often to perform better academically. Scores on the MMPI-2-RF scales designed to measure general substance misuse (Substance Abuse [SUB]) and related behavioral or externalizing constructs (e.g., Antisocial Behavior [RC4], Behavioral/Externalizing Dysfunction [BXD], and Disconstraint-Revised [DISC-r]), were correlated positively with both self- and peer-reported prescription stimulant misuse (rs = 0.45-0.66), as well as with problematic use of other drugs (rs = 0.44-0.63). MMPI-2-RF scales designed to measure constructs in the domains of Emotional/Internalizing, Somatic/Cognitive, and Thought Dysfunction, as well as Interpersonal Functioning, had weaker correlations with misuse of prescription stimulants (rs < 0.24) and other drugs (rs < 0.29). These results provide support for the convergent validity of the MMPI-2-RF with regard to the assessment of prescription stimulant misuse and general drug misuse among college students.
处方兴奋剂滥用（PSM）在大学校园中日益受到关注，需要更多研究来验证常用于评估大学生PSM风险的临床测量方法。本研究调查了明尼苏达多相人格问卷第二版修订版（MMPI-2-RF）得分与96对（共N = 212名）本科生自我报告和同伴报告的处方兴奋剂及其他药物滥用之间的相关性。近一半的参与者（48%）报告称有人向他们提供过处方兴奋剂，四分之一（26%）的人报告尝试过他人的处方兴奋剂药物，通常是为了在学业上表现得更好。MMPI-2-RF量表中用于测量一般物质滥用（药物滥用[SUB]）以及相关行为或外化结构（如反社会行为[RC4]、行为/外化功能障碍[BXD]和约束修订版[DISC-r]）的得分，与自我报告和同伴报告的处方兴奋剂滥用均呈正相关（rs = 0.45 - 0.66），与其他药物的问题使用也呈正相关（rs = 0.44 - 0.63）。MMPI-2-RF量表中用于测量情绪/内化、躯体/认知、思维功能障碍以及人际功能领域结构的得分，与处方兴奋剂滥用（rs < 0.24）和其他药物滥用（rs < 0.29）的相关性较弱。这些结果为MMPI-2-RF在评估大学生处方兴奋剂滥用和一般药物滥用方面的收敛效度提供了支持。
