Relationship between the Type A Personality Concept of Time Urgency and Mothers’ Parenting Situation

Hiromi Kawasaki (), Satoko Yamasaki, Mika Nishiyama, Pete D’Angelo and Zhengai Cui
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Hiromi Kawasaki: Division of Nursing Science, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 737-8551, Japan
Satoko Yamasaki: Division of Nursing Science, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 737-8551, Japan
Mika Nishiyama: Department of Human Welfare, Hiroshima Bunkyo University, Hiroshima 731-0295, Japan
Pete D’Angelo: Faculty of Current Business, Yasuda Women’s University, Hiroshima 731-0153, Japan
Zhengai Cui: Division of Nursing Science, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 737-8551, Japan

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 24, 1-11

Abstract: It has been suggested that parenting can be stressful for individuals with Type A personality because they have difficulties managing their own time. This study aimed to determine the relationship between mothers’ sense of time urgency (a Type A personality concept) and variables such as background characteristics, tiredness, and frequency of anger. The study participants were 103 mothers (mean age, 33.34 ± 4.38 years) of children aged 0–3 years, who used the child-rearing open space of a non-profit organization in Japan. A self-administered questionnaire survey assessed the participants’ demographic characteristics, feelings of tiredness, sense of time urgency, and anger in different parenting situations. Statistical analyses were performed using Kruskal–Wallis, Wilcoxon signed-rank, and linear regression analyses. The variable “sense of time urgency” was positively correlated with higher instability (feeling of tiredness; p = 0.00079), uneasiness ( p < 0.001), eyestrain ( p < 0.001), and anger, in several specific parenting situations. However, it was negatively correlated with sleep duration ( p < 0.01). Our findings provide insight into the challenges faced by mothers with Type A personality traits, and may aid in the development of parenting guidance for these mothers.

Keywords: Type A personality; parenting style; anger; tiredness; sense of time urgency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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