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Doremus, Corey Frederick. The role of motivations for use in the associations between internalizing psychopathology and caffeine consumption. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3NP27RD

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TitleThe role of motivations for use in the associations between internalizing psychopathology and caffeine consumption
NameDoremus, Corey Frederick (author); Marmorstein, Naomi (chair); August, Kristin (internal member); Daniel, Lauren (internal member); Rutgers University; Camden Graduate School
Date Created2018
Other Date2018-05 (degree)
SubjectPsychology, Caffeine
Extent1 online resource (iii, 67 p.)
DescriptionThere were two specific aims of this study. First, it sought to replicate previous research exploring links between caffeine consumption and certain types of internalizing psychopathology. Second, it examined whether motivations for caffeine use account for links between caffeine consumption and internalizing psychopathologies. For both of these aims, total weekly caffeine consumption, caffeine consumption frequency, and caffeinated beverage choice were examined. The sample for this study was 194 undergraduates (mean age=19.8, SD=3.5; 47% male; 51% white, 19% African-American, 13% Hispanic or Latino, 12% Asian, 5% other), and data were collected using self-report questionnaires. Previous findings indicating positive associations between depressive symptoms and increased caffeine consumption were replicated. Both Self-Medication and Dependence motivations for use significantly mediated the association between depressive symptoms and caffeine consumption, both in total weekly consumption amount and caffeine use frequency. Energy and Enjoyment motivations were not significant mediators. Associations between depressive symptoms and more frequent tea consumption, adjusting for all other caffeinated beverage types, were also found. Panic symptoms were not found to be significantly associated with any beverage choice, total caffeine consumption, or caffeine consumption frequency. While causality cannot be drawn from these findings, they serve as a useful knowledge base to inform future longitudinal studies.
NoteM.A.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Corey Frederick Doremus
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3NP27RD
Languageeng
CollectionCamden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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