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Financial Socialization’S Impact On College Students’ Credit Card Behavior, Conner N. Palm Jan 2017

Financial Socialization’S Impact On College Students’ Credit Card Behavior, Conner N. Palm

The Journal of Undergraduate Research

This study looked at the association between family financial socialization and credit card behavior among college students. The data came from the 2014-2015 National Student Financial Wellness Study, administered by the Ohio State University. Responses from 283 undergraduate students enrolled in South Dakota State University were analyzed. In general, responsible credit card behavior was found to be more likely exhibited by students who said their parents encouraged them to invest and students who thought their parents were good financial role models.


Sources Of Referral In Student Financial Counseling, Shinae Choi, Suzanne Bartholomae, Clinton G. Gudmunson, Jonathan Fox Sep 2016

Sources Of Referral In Student Financial Counseling, Shinae Choi, Suzanne Bartholomae, Clinton G. Gudmunson, Jonathan Fox

Journal of Financial Therapy

This study evaluates sources of referral to financial counseling and varied declines in financial stress across the financial counseling process. College students came to counseling most often through self-referral. Younger students and women were more likely to respond to institutional referrals. There were two clearly discernable periods of decline in financial stress, smaller interim declines occurring after requesting appointments and larger declines that occurred in counseling sessions. The interim declines, however, were only operative for those who were self- or institutionally-referred and not for those who entered on a social-referral. A possible explanation is that social-referrals have already had “someone …