Acting for Happiness: Financial Behavior and Life Satisfaction of College Students

Autor/inn/en	Xiao, Jing Jian; Tang, Chuanyi; Shim, Soyeon
Titel	Acting for Happiness: Financial Behavior and Life Satisfaction of College Students
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 92 (2009) 1, S.53-68 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-008-9288-6
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Life Satisfaction; Structural Equation Models; Psychological Patterns; Higher Education; Well Being; Academic Achievement; Student Behavior; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensvollendung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Schulleistung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; USA
Abstract	Recent research on well-being suggests that domain-specific behaviors contribute to domain-specific satisfactions, which in turn contribute to an individual's overall satisfaction with life. Our study is an attempt to add to the literature by observing these phenomena from a financial perspective. Using data collected from a sample of undergraduate students at a major state university in the U.S. and employing structural equation modeling, we have found evidence suggesting that positive financial behaviors contribute to financial satisfaction and financial satisfaction in turn contributes to life satisfaction. In addition, positive financial behaviors contribute to life satisfaction through two more mediating variables: academic performance and academic satisfaction. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10