TIME URGENCY AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING.
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Title
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TIME URGENCY AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING.
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Identifier
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AAI8401893
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identifier
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8401893
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Creator
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COVEY, LIRIO S.
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Contributor
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Alden Wessman
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Date
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1983
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Social
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Abstract
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This research examined the relationship between time urgency and various indicators of psychological and physical well-being: interpersonal satisfaction, work satisfaction, mental health status, age, marital status, occupation, education, income, smoking, frequency of eating in fast-food restaurants, blood pressure, and serum cholesterol.;Data were obtained from 426 women employed in two hospitals in Pennsylvania who completed a self-administered questionnaire and underwent a series of biomedical tests.;The hypotheses tested and their results were as follows: Hypotheses 1 and 2, which predicted a negative association between time urgency and interpersonal and work satisfaction, were not confirmed. Hypothesis 3, which stated a positive correlation between time urgency and mental health status, received moderate support that held firm when the effects of other variables were controlled. Hypothesis 4, which posited an association between cigarette smoking status and time urgency, was not supported; but Hypothesis 5, which predicted a positive association between time urgency and frequency of eating in fast-food restaurants, was strongly borne out. Hypothesis 6 predicted that blood pressure levels would increase with time urgency score, while Hypothesis 7 predicted a similar association between time urgency and serum cholesterol. Both hypotheses were not confirmed. Hypothesis 8 stated that time urgency would peak at the ages 45-49; although this was not observed, a peak age of time urgency was seen in the ages 25-29, but only among women reporting children living at home. Hypothesis 9 stated an association between marital status and time urgency; none was observed. Hypotheses 10 to 12 predicted a positive relationship between time urgency and education, occupational status, and family income. Only the predictions concerning education and occupation received some support, albeit weakly.;These results suggest that an acute sense of time urgency occurred among persons with multiple commitments, e.g., working women who are also mothers of young children. Time urgency appeared to be accompanied by heightened feelings of psychologic disturbance, but was unrelated to reported feelings of satisfaction or dissatisfaction in life, work, and interpersonal relations.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
