The Full Form of MSQ is Motivational Structure Questionnaire.

People who drink alcohol excessively do so because drinking serves a function in their lives (Cox & Klinger, 1988, 1990). The MSQ (Klinger & Cox, 1986; Cox, Klinger, & Blount, 1991, 1996) identifies problem drinkers’ maladaptive motivational patterns that underlie their motivations for drinking alcohol. When taking the MSQ, respondents begin by naming their current concerns in major life areas. They then characterize each concern along dimensions that will reveal the structure of their motivation. A computer program scores the MSQ by generating quantitative indices and indicating the relative standing of each subject on each index. A motivational profile is then drawn for each respondent to depict the significant features of the respondent’s motivational structure and to show where problems with that respondent’s motivational patterns lie.