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

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.