Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current
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Date of Graduation
5-8-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Department
Department of Health Sciences
Advisor(s)
Erika Collazo-Vargas
Tracey L. Thomas
Audrey Burnett
Abstract
This study investigates the relationships between caffeine consumption, stress and anxiety among faculty at James Madison University. This was examined using a mixed methods study with a sample of twenty undergraduate faculty members from all Academic Colleges besides the College of Education. Quantitative data serves to provide descriptive statistics as well as data from the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale and the Caffeine Expectancy Scale. Qualitative data serves to learn about the motivations and habits surrounding caffeine, and about the stressors and anxieties specific to faculty members. Anxiety and caffeine are reported to have an association (p=0.656). It was found that participants use exercise as a primary source of stress and anxiety management. Faculty consume large quantities of caffeine for reasons such as habit, comfort, social interaction, enhanced productivity and to wake up. Participants report that they view the caffeine habits of students as problematic but do not find their habits, nor the habits of their colleagues, to be problematic.
Recommended Citation
LaRocca, Erica B., "The correlation between personal stressors, anxiety and caffeine consumption among JMU faculty" (2020). Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current. 9.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/honors202029/9
