Changing college students' financial knowledge, attitudes, and behavior through seminar participation

被引：145

作者：

Borden L.M. ^{[1
]}

Lee S.-A. ^{[2
]}

Serido J. ^{[1
]}

Collins D. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0033

[2] Hospitality, Tourism, and Family and Consumer Sciences, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460

来源：

Journal of Family and Economic Issues | 2008年 / 29卷 / 1期

关键词：

College students; Financial attitudes; Financial behavior; Financial education; Financial knowledge;

D O I：

10.1007/s10834-007-9087-2

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摘要：

This pilot study examined the influence of Credit Wise Cats, a financial education seminar presented by Students in Free Enterprise, on the attitudes, knowledge, and intentions toward financial responsibility of college students (N = 93). Findings suggest that the seminar effectively increased students' financial knowledge, increased responsible attitudes toward credit and decreased avoidant attitudes towards credit from pre-test to post-test. At post-test, students reported intending to engage in significantly more effective financial behaviors and fewer risky financial behaviors. Finally, demographic factors (e.g., gender and employment status) predicted students' financial knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. These results suggest that a seminar format may be useful in reaching a wider audience of college students and, thus, warrants future longitudinal evaluation. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

引用

页码：23 / 40

页数：17

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