Caffeine dependence in schoolchildren?
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Vol. 5 (4) , 388-392
- https://doi.org/10.1037//1064-1297.5.4.388
Abstract
Schoolchildren (N = 289) kept a log and calculated their habitual caffeine consumption (principally in soft drinks). On 2 successive days, they completed a 20-item checklist adapted from the Profile of Moods Scale. On Day 2, they abstained from caffeine. Complete data were obtained for 175 children. A low-consumption group (10 mg or less daily) was compared with a high-consumption group (50 mg or more daily). The high-consumption group reported more stimulation than did the low-consumption group on Day 1 and more dysphoric symptoms during abstinence on Day 2. The results of this open-label pilot trial suggest that a large-scale double-blind placebo-controlled trial would be worthwhile.Keywords
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