Recovery from Fatigue.
Abstract
The findings of the original napping questionnaire (based on 430 students) on differences between appetitive and replacement nappers, and between nappers and non-nappers, have been extended in a new sample of 469 students. This has served to validate several important conclusions about the functions of napping in the different subgroups. A special subgroup of subjects who were selected as appetitive nappers by the questionnaire but as replacement nappers by a blind interviewer have also been studied. This group was termed stress nappers because they seem to nap in response to stress-induced sleep disturbances. Moreover, their nap seems to be less restorative and may interfere with the subsequent night's sleep. This kind of napping pattern appears less useful in preventing fatigue but might be prognostic of future psychopathology. The central concept underlying the work concerns individual differences in the ability to control sleep processes. Unless such control can be taught to individuals not possessing the skill, attempts to teach prophylactic napping would be unsuccessful. The voluntary control of sleep processes may reflect a more general ability to control altered states of consciousness; consequently, we explored the relationship between responsivity to hypnosis and aspects of the napping questionnaire.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 30, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA100310
Entities
People
- Frederick J. Evans
- Martin T. Orne