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The Correlation Between Personal Stressors, Anxiety And Caffeine Consumption Among Jmu Faculty, Erica B. Larocca
The Correlation Between Personal Stressors, Anxiety And Caffeine Consumption Among Jmu Faculty, Erica B. Larocca
Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current
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 …