Why do you drink caffeine? The development of the Motives for Caffeine Consumption Questionnaire (MCCQ) and its relationship with gender, age and the types of caffeinated beverages

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Ágoston, C, Urbán, R, Király, O, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, Rogers, PJ and Demetrovics, Z, 2018. Why do you drink caffeine? The development of the Motives for Caffeine Consumption Questionnaire (MCCQ) and its relationship with gender, age and the types of caffeinated beverages. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 16 (4), pp. 981-999. ISSN 1557-1874

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-017-9822-3

Abstract

Caffeine is the most popular psychoactive substance that is consumed worldwide. As motives influence behavior, investigation of the motivational background of caffeine consumption should help provide a better understanding of the popularity of caffeinated products. The present study aimed (i) to explore and operationalize the motives of caffeine consumption and (ii) to reveal possible differences in the motives regarding gender, age and the type of caffeinated products consumed. Motives for caffeine consumption were collected from regular caffeine consumers (N = 26) and were informed by a review of the relevant literature. Following this, a cross-sectional study was conducted on a convenience sample of Hungarian university students and working adults (N = 598). The participants completed the Motives for Caffeine Consumption Questionnaire and the Caffeine Consumption Questionnaire. Six motivational factors were identified: Alertness, Habit, Mood, Social, Taste and Symptom Management. Women had higher scores on Habit, Social, Taste and Symptom Management. Younger participants had higher scores on Alertness than the older group, and the older group had higher scores on Habit and Symptom Management. Five types of caffeine users were identified. Those who consumed (i) coffee, (ii) tea, (iii) energy drinks, (iv) coffee and tea and (v) mixed drinks. Several differences between the five groups were revealed across all motives except for Taste. The present study developed a robust psychometric instrument for assessing caffeine consumption motives. The factors varied in importance in relation to gender, age and caffeine consumption habits.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Creators:	Ágoston, C., Urbán, R., Király, O., Griffiths, M.D., Rogers, P.J. and Demetrovics, Z.
Publisher:	Springer
Date:	August 2018
Volume:	16
Number:	4
ISSN:	1557-1874
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s11469-017-9822-3 DOI
Rights:	© The Author(s) 2017. This article is an open access publication. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jill Tomkinson
Date Added:	07 Nov 2017 16:34
Last Modified:	01 Apr 2019 15:17
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/31993