Assistant Physical Therapy Professor Ali Boolani and Assistant Sociology Professor Matt Manierre have published a study on the pre-dispositions of energy and fatigue. In the first study of its kind, they found that the stable predisposition to energy and fatigue is very different. Meaning, if you’re prone to being fatigued, you aren’t necessarily prone to be less energetic, and vise versa. They found that it is possible to be prone to being very fatigued while at the same time being prone to being very energetic.
Another interesting find in the study is that “just because someone is prone to being mentally fatigued does not mean you’re also prone to being physically fatigued,” said Boolani. These findings mean that the predispositions are four separate and different constructs.
The study also found that women tend to have a high predisposition to low energy and that “despite what people may believe, people younger than 22 had a high predisposition to being both mentally and physically fatigued,” said Boolani. More findings include: people who were predisposed to being more physically energetic were more physically active and people who were more predisposed to being mentally energetic ate more fruits and vegetables.
Boolani, A., & Manierre, M. (2019). An exploratory multivariate study examining correlates of trait mental and physical fatigue and energy. Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, 1-12.
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