Caffeine Use and Alexithymia in University Students

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 340-346

  Lyvers, Michael ^a   Duric, Natalija ^a   Thorberg, Fred Arne ^b  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

anxiety; caffeine; emotions; frontal lobes

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SELF REPORT; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FRONTAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926016511     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2014.942043     Document Type: Article

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