Does Pain that Doesn't Kill Strengthen or Bankrupt? The Effect of Psychological Resilience Factors on Financial Attitude

Umut Can Öztürk and Hüseyin Başar Önem

Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance, 2022, vol. 7, issue 3, 608-625

Abstract: In recent years, personality traits and psychology connections of behavioral finance have been frequently preferred by researchers. In other words, the effects of psychological variables on people's financial behaviors have become an important research topic. In connection with this idea the aim of this research is to determine the psychological resilience of young banker and insurer candidates and their effects on their financial attitudes. Convenience sampling method was preferred for the study and 200 people were included in the study. In the research, reliability and validity analysis, frequency analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis were performed. According to the research results; While the "Self-Perception" dimension, which is one of the sub-dimensions of the resilience scale for adults, had a positive effect on the "Frugal", "Shy" and "Extravagant" dimensions of the financial attitude scale, no significant relationship was found with the "Conscious" dimension. While the "Future Perception" dimension, which is another sub-dimension, had a negative effect on the "Conscious" dimension of the financial attitude scale, and the "Social Resources" dimension on the "Shy" dimension, no significant relationship was found with the other dimensions.

Keywords: Psychological Resilience; Financial Attitude; Behavioral Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B31 C91 D14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.30784/epfad.1089145

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