Short-sleeper

We compared the coping strategies of 39 short-sleepers and 33 longer-sleepers to the stresses associated with the October 17, 1989 San Francisco Bay Area earthquake using their responses to the eight scales of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire.

An insomniac should be differentiated from a short-sleeper, who needs less than 6 hours of sleep per night and has no symptoms or dysfunction.

Habitual short-sleepers did not experience changes in taste perception, activity, or dietary intake following sleep alteration.