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Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences, 2013
Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 2013
ABSTRACT
Oxford Handbooks Online, 2016
Many researchers have studied how social competition and aggression affect health and well-being.... more Many researchers have studied how social competition and aggression affect health and well-being. However, few have made significant theoretical contributions to the understanding of how competition and aggression specific to women’s same-sex social networks may alter their health and well-being. Indeed, several lines of research indicate that positive interpersonal relationships between women are correlated to improved health, and, as a corollary, stressful and competitive interpersonal relationships result in significant health costs. Using evolutionary ecological theory and supporting data from Sidama pastoralist women in rural southwestern Ethiopia, this essay proposes that sleep quality and trade-offs between time spent sleeping for more waking time may be one of the pathways through which women’s health is affected by competition and aggression with other women. Sleep is gained or lost due to ruminations and investments over immediate social situations with other women, and th...
Evolutionary Psychology, 2012
Evolutionary ecological theory predicts that sleep-wake state tradeoffs may be related to local e... more Evolutionary ecological theory predicts that sleep-wake state tradeoffs may be related to local environmental conditions and should therefore correlate to alterations in behavioral life history strategies. It was predicted that firefighters who slept more and reported better quality sleep on average would exhibit lower impulsivity inclinations related to slower life history trajectories. UPPS impulsivity scores and self-reported sleep averages were analyzed and indicated a negative association between sleep variables and urgency and a positive association with premeditation. Perseverance, and in some cases premeditation, however, disclosed an unpredicted marginally significant positive association between increased and emergency nighttime waking-related sleep deprivation. Sensation seeking was not associated with sleep variables, but was strongly associated with number of biological children. This research contributes to understanding the implications of human sleep across ecologica...
We examined the relationship between locus of control and sleep among firefighters using predicti... more We examined the relationship between locus of control and sleep among firefighters using predictions driven by life history theory. Firefighters (n=115, males, aged 22-54) completed the Nowicki and Duke Locus of Control (LOC) questionnaire. Average minutes slept and sleep debt (number of nights on shift) were provided via selfreport. Statistical output supported the underlying theoretical relationship between LOC and life history strategy. Further results indicate a quadratic effect on LOC such that sleeping very little or sleeping a lot was associated with more external LOC scores when controlling for station-specific emergency response call volume and participant current health status. Finally, as sleep loss accumulates due to increasing nights on shift, LOC externality significantly increases. This data supports the notion that sleep acquisition may pose a mediating role in personality psychology in ways predicted by life history and evolutionary ecological theories.
Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropological and Related Sciences, 2013
Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology, 2013
ABSTRACT
Oxford Handbooks Online, 2016
Many researchers have studied how social competition and aggression affect health and well-being.... more Many researchers have studied how social competition and aggression affect health and well-being. However, few have made significant theoretical contributions to the understanding of how competition and aggression specific to women’s same-sex social networks may alter their health and well-being. Indeed, several lines of research indicate that positive interpersonal relationships between women are correlated to improved health, and, as a corollary, stressful and competitive interpersonal relationships result in significant health costs. Using evolutionary ecological theory and supporting data from Sidama pastoralist women in rural southwestern Ethiopia, this essay proposes that sleep quality and trade-offs between time spent sleeping for more waking time may be one of the pathways through which women’s health is affected by competition and aggression with other women. Sleep is gained or lost due to ruminations and investments over immediate social situations with other women, and th...
Evolutionary Psychology, 2012
Evolutionary ecological theory predicts that sleep-wake state tradeoffs may be related to local e... more Evolutionary ecological theory predicts that sleep-wake state tradeoffs may be related to local environmental conditions and should therefore correlate to alterations in behavioral life history strategies. It was predicted that firefighters who slept more and reported better quality sleep on average would exhibit lower impulsivity inclinations related to slower life history trajectories. UPPS impulsivity scores and self-reported sleep averages were analyzed and indicated a negative association between sleep variables and urgency and a positive association with premeditation. Perseverance, and in some cases premeditation, however, disclosed an unpredicted marginally significant positive association between increased and emergency nighttime waking-related sleep deprivation. Sensation seeking was not associated with sleep variables, but was strongly associated with number of biological children. This research contributes to understanding the implications of human sleep across ecologica...
We examined the relationship between locus of control and sleep among firefighters using predicti... more We examined the relationship between locus of control and sleep among firefighters using predictions driven by life history theory. Firefighters (n=115, males, aged 22-54) completed the Nowicki and Duke Locus of Control (LOC) questionnaire. Average minutes slept and sleep debt (number of nights on shift) were provided via selfreport. Statistical output supported the underlying theoretical relationship between LOC and life history strategy. Further results indicate a quadratic effect on LOC such that sleeping very little or sleeping a lot was associated with more external LOC scores when controlling for station-specific emergency response call volume and participant current health status. Finally, as sleep loss accumulates due to increasing nights on shift, LOC externality significantly increases. This data supports the notion that sleep acquisition may pose a mediating role in personality psychology in ways predicted by life history and evolutionary ecological theories.