Undergraduate students' motivations for the consumption of legal drugs

Authors

  • Verónica Margarita Hernández Rodríguez University Autonoma of Querétaro; School of Nursing
  • Zeyne Alves Pires Scherer WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692008000700011

Keywords:

motivation, student, students, nursing

Abstract

This qualitative research aimed at identifying conceptions held by undergraduate students regarding the term motivation, and motives leading them to the consumption of legal drugs. Data were collected through a questionnaire with four open questions, applied to 15 students of a public university in the central region of Mexico. In order to perform the data analysis, answers were classified in two categories: a) Undergraduate students' conceptions regarding the term motivation and b) Undergraduate students' conceptions regarding the motives for consumption. Such analysis indicated that students identify two types of motivations: external and internal. The external motivation includes family, mass media and friends; whereas internal motivation includes personal characteristics, need of belonging, curiosity, pleasure and idleness.

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Published

2008-08-01

Issue

Vol. 16 (2008): Número Especial

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Undergraduate students’ motivations for the consumption of legal drugs. (2008). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 16(spe), 572-576. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692008000700011