short-sleeper

English

Noun

short-sleeper (plural short-sleepers)

1. Alternative form of short sleeper
   • 1991 April, Robert A Hicks, Catherine M Marical, Patricia A Conti, “Coping with a major stressor: differences between habitual short- and longer-sleepers”, in Perceptual and motor skills, volume 72, number 2:

     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.

   • 2006, Ahuja Niraj, A Short Textbook of Psychiatry, →ISBN, page 150:

     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.

   • 2016 September, Shannon L Smith, Mary-Jon Ludy, Robin M Tucker, “Changes in taste preference and steps taken after sleep curtailment”, in Physiology & Behavior, volume 163:

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