TY - JOUR
T1 - Financial behaviors and adult identity
T2 - Mediating analyses of a college cohort
AU - Li, Xiaomin
AU - Curran, Melissa
AU - Zhou, Nan
AU - Serido, J.
AU - Shim, Soyeon
AU - Cao, Hongjian
N1 - Funding Information:
This research uses data from the Arizona Pathways to Life Success for University Students Project (APLUS). Data collection was funded by the National Endowment for Financial Education , Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation & Affiliates, and Citi Foundation .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Using mediating analyses with Latent Change Scores (N = 208), we examined (Aim 1) associations from financial behaviors of emerging adults and romantic partners to adult identity (i.e., feeling like an adult; being recognized by others as adult; obtaining adult status), and (Aim 2) the mediating roles of depressive symptoms and relationship satisfaction in these associations. We included initial levels and over-time changes in financial behaviors, depressive symptoms, and relationship satisfaction when examining these two aims. For Aim 1, financial behaviors of emerging adults (initial levels and over-time increases) predicted adult identity. For Aim 2, depressive symptoms (initial levels and over-time decreases) mediated associations from financial behaviors of emerging adults and romantic partners (initial levels and over-time increases) to adult identity. Relationship satisfaction (initial levels only) mediated associations from financial behaviors of romantic partners (initial levels and over-time increases) to adult identity. We discussed the implications of our findings.
AB - Using mediating analyses with Latent Change Scores (N = 208), we examined (Aim 1) associations from financial behaviors of emerging adults and romantic partners to adult identity (i.e., feeling like an adult; being recognized by others as adult; obtaining adult status), and (Aim 2) the mediating roles of depressive symptoms and relationship satisfaction in these associations. We included initial levels and over-time changes in financial behaviors, depressive symptoms, and relationship satisfaction when examining these two aims. For Aim 1, financial behaviors of emerging adults (initial levels and over-time increases) predicted adult identity. For Aim 2, depressive symptoms (initial levels and over-time decreases) mediated associations from financial behaviors of emerging adults and romantic partners (initial levels and over-time increases) to adult identity. Relationship satisfaction (initial levels only) mediated associations from financial behaviors of romantic partners (initial levels and over-time increases) to adult identity. We discussed the implications of our findings.
KW - Adult identity
KW - Depressive symptoms
KW - Financial behaviors
KW - Latent Change Score analyses
KW - Relationship satisfaction
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U2 - 10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101049
DO - 10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101049
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85068373941
SN - 0193-3973
VL - 64
JO - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
M1 - 101049
ER -