Abstract
Past research suggests personality variables may affect a person’s style of financial management. Specifically, the purpose of this study was to investigate possible correlations between self-esteem and risk-taking behaviors with financial management. We created a survey measuring these variables, in addition to asking some demographic questions, and had anonymous participants from a Research Methods class take it online. After conducting the survey with the 27 participants, we were unable to find any notable correlations to support our hypotheses, although we established correlations with our gender and age demographic questions. These results may have been due to the limited size and scope of our sample.
The Effects of Self-Esteem and Risk-Taking Behaviors on Financial Management
Research has shown that there appears to be a relationship between aspects of personality and financial management ability. The studies have focused on elements of personality ranging from openness to experience, sensation seeking (Troisi, Christopher, & Marek, 2006), locus of control (Buehner & Plunkett, 2007), materialism, and self-control (Baumeister, Vohs, & Tice, 2007). Researchers compared these measures to over-spending, willingness to spend money, their discount rates for future monetary outcomes, and amount of credit card debt. We assume these elements cover different aspects of financial management.
While Norvilitis, Merwin, Osberg, Roehling, and Young (2006) established that attitudes towards possessions and self-control had an effect on the accumulation of debt, they also recommended further investigation into the effects of self-esteem on debt accumulation. They cited the works of Lange an...
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I believe Life is a gift and a responsibility to gain from society and gives it back all the good things we learn from our surroundings and our community we live in. Finance Management in an effective way is required for self and for the society. I believe a successful management of finances is interlinked to oneself and the surrounding society which we live. To improve upon the effective management of my finances I discovered my monthly income than I checked upon my monthly expenses on f...
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Robb and Sharpe (2009) mentioned that in doing so, credit card companies placed students in peril of excessive spending and cultivating financial adversities (p.25). To counteract this issue, a concerned group of individuals encouraged university and college campuses to limit credit card vendor access to students. The intention of the study was to examine the role that knowledge of personal finance concepts and principles may play in college students’ decision to revolve a credit card balance in the level of balance
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...hat materialistic attitudes are harmful to one's well-being. “The psychological perspective attributes the development of materialistic values to family circumstances that create stress and self esteem issues that promote materialistic values,” (Hung Vu Nguyen.) Many people in our culture attribute material goods to personal achievement. Truth rings true with Bertrand Russell’s statement “It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else that prevents us from living freely and nobly.” Even at young ages children are competing and bragging to one another of who has more possessions. Past studies by Rindfleisch say that materialism developed over time as a response to stress due to family issues such as divorce, separation, and loss of loved ones. Materialism leads consumers to put a disproportionate amount of their resources into acquiring goods.
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Little empirical research has been carried out in the United Kingdom on everyday experiences of debt. Findings showed that socio demographic factors played a relatively minor role in debt repayment. In the study by Livingstone and Lunt (1992) found that attitudinal factor is the important predictors of debt repayment.
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