The relationship of various measures of time urgency to indices of physical health.

The degree of association with two general health indices was assessed for three separate measures of time urgency. The Speed and Impatience subscale of the Jenkins Activity Survey was found to have no significant relationships with the health indices. The Time Urgency/Perpetual Activation (TUPA) scale, as well as the Irritability and Impatience scale, did correlate in comparable ways with a majority of the health indicators. A very brief, 2-item impatience subscale of the Irritability and Impatience Scale also correlated with health indices in essentially the same manner as the complete Irritability and Impatience Scale and the TUPA Scale. It was concluded that because of its convenience of administration, the very brief 2-item impatience subscale of the Irritability and Impatience Scale may constitute the instrument of choice for assessing time urgency as it relates to noncardiovascular health. A question is raised regarding whether anger and time urgency constitute separate factors or are aspects of a single behavioral trait.