Motives for Caffeine Consumption Questionnaire (MCCQ): validity and reliability of Turkish version

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

Psychology: Research and Review

Table 5 The relationship between the sub-dimensions and total scores of the Yale food addiction and caffeine consumption motivation scales of individuals

	Caffeine total	Habit	Alertness	Mood	Social	Taste	Symptom management
TSEE	0.121	0.051	0.107	0.096	0.221^*	0.081	0.081
ORR	0.071	0.115	0.087	− 0.017	− 0.084	0.116	0.120
STMTP	0.180^*	0.099	0.197^*	0.130	0.334^*	0.036	0.161^*
GDS	0.138	0.069	0.125	0.067	0.202^*	0.033	0.249^*
CUBR	− 0.224^*	− 0.200^*	− 0.189^*	− 0.217^*	− 0.270^*	− 0.092	− 0.152^*
TD	− 0.143^*	− 0.078	− 0.148^*	− 0.129	− 0.269^*	− 0.027	− 0.102
CWS	0.280^*	0.242^*	0.280^*	0.188^*	0.309^*	0.195^*	0.208^*
UCCI	0.158^*	0.113	0.100	0.091	0.280^*	0.100	0.141^*
Yale total	0.172^*	0.116	0.167^*	0.072	0.218^*	0.121	0.207^*

TSEE taking the substance in excess for longer than expected, ORR ongoing request or repeated failures to quit, STMTP spending too much time in procurement, use, and overcoming, GDS giving up or decreasing social, occupational, and leisure activities, CUBR continuing to use even though it is known to have bad results, TD tolerance development (in effect decrease, increase in amount), CWS characteristic withdrawal symptoms, substance use to reduce withdrawal symptoms, UCCI use to cause clinically significant impairment
^*p < 0.05