The influence of financial socialization, financial behavior, locus of control and financial stress on young adults' financial vulnerability
The degree of Malaysian household debt remains high, at present among the highest in Asia, raising concerns about its sustainability. Based on that existing issue and results of the several studies the question is arisen regarding what needs to be done to address the high levels of financial vulnera...
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| author | Anthony, Mervin Sabri, Mohamad Fazli Wijekoon, Rusitha Abdul Rahim, Husniyah Abdullah, Haslinda Othman, Mohd. Amim Md. Yusoff, Irwan Syah |
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| description | The degree of Malaysian household debt remains high, at present among the highest in Asia, raising concerns about its sustainability. Based on that existing issue and results of the several studies the question is arisen regarding what needs to be done to address the high levels of financial vulnerability experienced by the Malaysians, especially the young adults. Therefore, major objective of the current study was to examine the major determinants that affect financial vulnerability, and allow policymakers to address the above issue. A multi stage random sampling method was performed to draw a representative sample of Malaysian young adults, and 651 duly filled responses were received through the self-administered questionnaire. As stated by the multiple regression results, 53.1% of the total variance of financial vulnerability was explained by the model. Determinants of financial vulnerability examined by this study comprise financial socialization, financial behavior, locus of control, and financial stress; all of them were significantly related with the financial vulnerability and except financial stress, all other three determinants were shown negative relationships. Therefore, current study has both the theoretical and practical contributions, and offers experts with actionable insights regarding the determinants of young adults’ financial vulnerability when designing policies to prevent them from moving from a state of lower to higher financial vulnerability overtime. |
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| spelling | upm-954912022-12-19T08:59:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95491/ The influence of financial socialization, financial behavior, locus of control and financial stress on young adults' financial vulnerability Anthony, Mervin Sabri, Mohamad Fazli Wijekoon, Rusitha Abdul Rahim, Husniyah Abdullah, Haslinda Othman, Mohd. Amim Md. Yusoff, Irwan Syah The degree of Malaysian household debt remains high, at present among the highest in Asia, raising concerns about its sustainability. Based on that existing issue and results of the several studies the question is arisen regarding what needs to be done to address the high levels of financial vulnerability experienced by the Malaysians, especially the young adults. Therefore, major objective of the current study was to examine the major determinants that affect financial vulnerability, and allow policymakers to address the above issue. A multi stage random sampling method was performed to draw a representative sample of Malaysian young adults, and 651 duly filled responses were received through the self-administered questionnaire. As stated by the multiple regression results, 53.1% of the total variance of financial vulnerability was explained by the model. Determinants of financial vulnerability examined by this study comprise financial socialization, financial behavior, locus of control, and financial stress; all of them were significantly related with the financial vulnerability and except financial stress, all other three determinants were shown negative relationships. Therefore, current study has both the theoretical and practical contributions, and offers experts with actionable insights regarding the determinants of young adults’ financial vulnerability when designing policies to prevent them from moving from a state of lower to higher financial vulnerability overtime. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021-12-23 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95491/1/The%20influence%20of%20financial%20socialization%2C%20financial%20behavior.pdf Anthony, Mervin and Sabri, Mohamad Fazli and Wijekoon, Rusitha and Abdul Rahim, Husniyah and Abdullah, Haslinda and Othman, Mohd. Amim and Md. Yusoff, Irwan Syah (2021) The influence of financial socialization, financial behavior, locus of control and financial stress on young adults' financial vulnerability. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11 (19). 289 - 309. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/papers_submitted/11738/the-influence-of-financial-socialization-financial-behavior-locus-of-control-and-financial-stress-on-young-adults-financial-vulnerability.pdf 10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i19/11738 |
| spellingShingle | Anthony, Mervin Sabri, Mohamad Fazli Wijekoon, Rusitha Abdul Rahim, Husniyah Abdullah, Haslinda Othman, Mohd. Amim Md. Yusoff, Irwan Syah The influence of financial socialization, financial behavior, locus of control and financial stress on young adults' financial vulnerability |
| title | The influence of financial socialization, financial behavior, locus of control and financial stress on young adults' financial vulnerability |
| title_full | The influence of financial socialization, financial behavior, locus of control and financial stress on young adults' financial vulnerability |
| title_fullStr | The influence of financial socialization, financial behavior, locus of control and financial stress on young adults' financial vulnerability |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of financial socialization, financial behavior, locus of control and financial stress on young adults' financial vulnerability |
| title_short | The influence of financial socialization, financial behavior, locus of control and financial stress on young adults' financial vulnerability |
| title_sort | influence of financial socialization, financial behavior, locus of control and financial stress on young adults' financial vulnerability |
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