Financial Concerns, Relationship Happiness, and Financial Management Behaviors: A Moderating Relationship Among Married and Cohabiting Respondents

Brandan E. Wheeler () and Cecilia Brooks
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Brandan E. Wheeler: Mississippi State University
Cecilia Brooks: Mississippi University for Women

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2023, vol. 44, issue 2, No 8, 325-341

Abstract: Abstract Guided by the Couples and Finances Theory (CFT; Archuleta, 2013) and using data from the Familial Response to Financial Instability Study (Dew & Xiao, 2011, 2013), the purpose of the current study was to explore how financial concerns, relationship happiness (and an interaction between these terms), and marital status (i.e., married or cohabiting) influence cash, credit, savings, and insurance financial management behaviors following the economic recession of 2007–2009. In general, financial concerns were related negatively to financial management behaviors, while relationship happiness was related positively to financial management behaviors. Relationship happiness also moderated the relationship between financial concerns and cash management behaviors. Specifically, for participants with high levels of financial concerns, each unit increase in relationship happiness was associated with an increase in cash management behaviors. Marital status was unrelated to financial management behaviors. These findings and potential implications are discussed in more detail.

Keywords: Financial management behaviors; Financial concerns; Relational well-being; Quantitative analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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