The relationship between physiological factors and lifestyle choices and their impact on social anxiety

Tominiyi-Dunne, David Bamidele (2025) The relationship between physiological factors and lifestyle choices and their impact on social anxiety. Undergraduate thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

Aims: The current study aimed to observe the relationship between physiological factors and lifestyle choices and their impact on social anxiety (SA). The study then aimed to observe this relationship when controlling for gender posing as another research question.

Methods: a survey was given to the participants (N=90) as the link was provided through social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. The survey consisted of 5 scales measuring SA (The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale), sleep (The Sleep Quality Scale), alcohol (Scale of the Measurements of Attitudes Towards Alcohol), caffeine (Motives for Caffeine Consumption Questionnaire), and physical Activity (European Health Information Survey-Physical Activity Questionnaire).

Results: results showed that poor sleep quality was associated with higher rates of SA in men and women. Additionally, stronger alcohol relationships along with high SA levels were reported for men, but not women. Caffeine motives and physical activity levels were found to hold an insignificant relationship with SA.

Conclusion: these findings add to the literature by using a multivariate approach and provide an argument for poor sleep quality and high alcohol relationship correlating with high SA and high caffeine motives and physical activity sharing no relationship. Future findings should incorporate a longitudinal study design using staged scenarios to give a more extensive evaluation.

Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Supervisors:	Name Email O'Bren, Fearghal UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology > Cognitive psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA790 Mental Health
Divisions:	School of Business (- 2025) > BA (Honours) in Psychology
Depositing User:	Ciara O'Brien
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2025 15:22
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2025 15:22
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/8920

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