Von Stumm, Sophie; O’Creevy, Mark Fenton and Furnham, Adrian. 2013. Financial Capability, Money Attitudes and Socioeconomic Status: Risks for Experiencing Adverse Financial Outcomes. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(3), pp. 344-349. ISSN 0191-8869 [Article]

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The risk of experiencing adverse financial events (e.g. bankruptcy) depends on the world economy and on individual differences in financial and psychological variables. Analysing data from 109,472 British survey respondents, this study reports the risks associated with financial capabilities, money attitudes, and socio-economic status for suffering negative financial outcomes. The results show that (1) socio-economic status is associated with financial capabilities but not with money attitudes; (2) money attitudes and financial capabilities are largely independent; (3) money attitudes and financial capabilities each contribute independently to the risk of experiencing adverse financial outcomes, even after adjusting for socio-economic status; and (4) financial capabilities are greater risk factors of adverse financial outcomes than money attitudes; the latter, however, are likely to be promising targets for interventions.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.09.019
Keywords:	Adverse financial events; Money attitudes; Financial capability; Socio-economic status
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology
Dates:	Date Event February 2013 Published
Item ID:	11220
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2015 09:44
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2017 13:56
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/11220

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