Pathways from Financial Knowledge to Relationship Satisfaction: The Roles of Financial Behaviors, Perceived Shared Financial Values with the Romantic Partner, and Debt

Casey J. Totenhagen (), Melissa J. Wilmarth (), Joyce Serido (), Melissa A. Curran () and Soyeon Shim ()
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Casey J. Totenhagen: The University of Alabama
Melissa J. Wilmarth: The University of Alabama
Joyce Serido: University of Minnesota
Melissa A. Curran: University of Arizona
Soyeon Shim: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2019, vol. 40, issue 3, No 7, 423-437

Abstract: Abstract We examined how subjective and objective financial knowledge were associated with relationship satisfaction through pathways of finance-related rewards (positive financial behaviors, perceived shared financial values with the romantic partner, or lower debt) in a sample of cohabiting or married young adults (N = 162). We used Waves 2, 3, and 4 of the Arizona Pathways to Life Success for University Students (APLUS) study to conduct path analyses. No pathways were significant in longitudinal models. In the cross-sectional models (Wave 4), we found individuals’ own subjective (but not objective) financial knowledge was associated with relationship satisfaction. This association was indirect in the model with perceived shared financial values, demonstrating that shared financial values with the romantic partner may be a key mechanism linking financial knowledge to improved relationship quality.

Keywords: Debt; Financial behaviors; Objective financial knowledge; Relationship satisfaction; Shared financial values with the romantic partner; Subjective financial knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s10834-019-09611-9

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