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The misuse of prescription stimulants among students has been identified as a public health problem. To date, most research has focused on  individual-level  determinants of stimulant misuse, making research on the  socio-cultural  context of students’ misuse a priority. This study aims to test the applicability of the Theory of Triadic Influence, capturing three influence streams (personal, social and cultural) and three causational levels (ultimate, distal and proximal). A questionnaire on stimulant misuse was distributed among all bachelor’s and master’s students from the five Flemish medical faculties. In total, 3159 students participated (48.99% response rate). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Multiple  personal  (i.e., fear of failure, procrastination, self-perceived ADHD, sensation-seeking, academic stress, controllability),  social  (i.e., living situation, peer endorsement, social norm) and  cultural  (i.e., competitive study-environment, financial worries, positive and negative expectancies, attitude) factors were identified as risk factors of misuse intention. The strongest ultimate to distal pathway was found between self-perceived ADHD and positive expectancies, meaning that students who believed they have ADHD, although not diagnosed, were more likely to have positive expectancies about stimulants. Moreover, the strongest distal to proximal pathways were found between expectancies and attitudes toward stimulant misuse (i.e., more positive and fewer negative expectancies were associated with more favorable attitudes). Finally, attitudes were most strongly related to misuse intention. The current study shows that the TTI is an important framework to understand the risk factors of stimulant misuse among medical students. This study offers a strong basis for prevention initiatives.

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Personal, Social and Cultural Predictors of Intention to Misuse Prescription Stimulants among Medical Students: A Test of the Theory of Triadic Influence