The psychology of fatigue : work, effort, and control / Robert Hockey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hockey, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fatigue.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fatigue can have a major impact on an individual's performance and well-being, yet is poorly understood, even within the scientific community. There is no developed theory of its origins or functions, and different types of fatigue (mental, physical, sleepiness) are routinely confused. The widespread interpretation of fatigue as a negative consequence of work may be true only for externally imposed goals; meaningful or self-initiated work is rarely tiring and often invigorating. In the first book dedicated to the systematic treatment of fatigue for over sixty years, Robert Hockey examines its many aspects - social history, neuroscience, energetics, exercise physiology, sleep and clinical implications - and develops a new motivational control theory, in which fatigue is treated as an emotion having a fundamental adaptive role in the management of goals. He then uses this new perspective to explore the role of fatigue in relation to individual motivation, working life and well-being.

Contents:

Cover.pdf; The Psychology of Fatigue; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1 The problem of fatigue; Background; Rationale and focus of the book: the adaptive role of fatigue; The failure of classical fatigue theory; Limitations of the energy account of fatigue; Fatigue is not (just) a negative state; A motivational perspective; Defining the field: what is fatigue?; A working definition; Fatigue and related feelings; The conceptual status of fatigue; Some questions for a scientific theory of fatigue; Plan of the book; 2 Changing experiences of fatigue:; Background

Roots of the energy metaphor of fatigueThe pre-modern experience of work and fatigue; Fatigue, idleness and volition; Work as a benign experience; The loss of control over work; Work and fatigue in the post-industrial period; The intensification of work; Changes in leisure and recreation; A demands-control analysis of changes in the experience of work; The link between fatigue and energy; The medicalization of fatigue; Fatigue as a subject for scientific study; Summary; 3 The work-fatigue hypothesis; Background; The golden age of fatigue research; The early research agenda; The work curve

Early research on the work decrementIs fatigue general or specific?; Recovery from fatigue: effects of rest and change; After-effects of fatigue; Vigilance and sustained attention; What causes the vigilance decrement?; Habituation and executive control; The sensitive task; Work intensity, effort and executive control; Workload, capacity and resources; Effort and executive control; A reappraisal of the work curve; Rapid onset of decrement; Interruptions of control: blocks, gaps and lapses; Three sources of performance decrement; Summary; 4 Stress, coping and fatigue; Background

Stress, homeostasis and allostatic loadThe response to stress; Adaptive physiological systems; Psychological stress and coping; Fatigue and the costs of coping; Task performance under stress; Early research on stress and performance; The modal stress pattern; Theoretical perspectives on stress and fatigue; Distraction and arousal; Limitations of general arousal; Stress and emotion as distractors; Emotional states and feelings; Specific emotions and general feelings; The adaptive value of feelings; Fatigue as an emotion; Summary; 5 Effort, strain and fatigue; Background

A systems perspective on performance decrementAssessing the costs of task management: effectiveness and efficiency; Goal competition in task performance; Varieties of goal: have to, want to and need to; The vulnerability of task goals; Protection of performance under stress: effort, strain and fatigue; Indirect effects of stressors on performance; Secondary task decrements; Strategy changes; Psychophysiological activation; Fatigue after-effects; Strain and fatigue at work; Work strain; Laboratory versus real-life stress; Modes of work management; Fatigue and recovery from stress; Summary

6 A motivation control theory of fatigue

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-139-89011-5

1-107-47780-8

1-107-24728-4

1-107-25060-9

1-107-24811-6

1-139-01539-7

1-107-24977-5

1-107-24894-9

OCLC:

846495115