Title |
Modeling students’ instrumental (mis-) use of substances to enhance cognitive performance: Neuroenhancement in the light of job demands-resources theory
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Published in |
BioPsychoSocial Medicine, May 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1751-0759-8-12 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Wanja Wolff, Ralf Brand, Franz Baumgarten, Johanna Lösel, Matthias Ziegler |
Abstract |
Healthy university students have been shown to use psychoactive substances, expecting them to be functional means for enhancing their cognitive capacity, sometimes over and above an essentially proficient level. This behavior called Neuroenhancement (NE) has not yet been integrated into a behavioral theory that is able to predict performance. Job Demands Resources (JD-R) Theory for example assumes that strain (e.g. burnout) will occur and influence performance when job demands are high and job resources are limited at the same time. The aim of this study is to investigate whether or not university students' self-reported NE can be integrated into JD-R Theory's comprehensive approach to psychological health and performance. |
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