Understanding money-management behaviour and its potential determinants among undergraduate students: A scoping review.
<h4>Background</h4>University students typically face acute financial pressure, which can adversely impact mental health, wellbeing, and academic outcomes. This scoping review of qualitative and quantitative studies aimed to identify distinct money-management behaviours, and psychologica...
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>University students typically face acute financial pressure, which can adversely impact mental health, wellbeing, and academic outcomes. This scoping review of qualitative and quantitative studies aimed to identify distinct money-management behaviours, and psychological determinants, to inform future interventions.<h4>Methods</h4>Two electronic databases were searched for observational studies focusing on money-management behaviours and their correlates (in quantitative studies) or reflections on experiences of such behaviours (qualitative studies). Of 789 unique papers identified, 12 papers, reporting 10 distinct studies (six quantitative, two qualitative, two mixed-methods), were entered into review. We inductively categorised all behaviours and psychological correlates, and narratively synthesised findings.<h4>Results</h4>We documented 15 distinct money-management behaviours, which fitted five higher-order categories: budgeting, saving (i.e., building funds), spending, borrowing, and settling debts. Twenty-two distinct potential correlates were observed, which fitted six categories: personality characteristics, financial beliefs and knowledge, attitudes, affective responses, self-efficacy and control, and social influences. Financial beliefs and knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy and control, and social support from parents and peers were generally associated with 'better' money management practices.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Heterogeneity in behaviours and correlates studied precluded definitive conclusions. Future studies should more comprehensively adopt theories and concepts from behavioural science, to distinguish between different money-management behaviours, identify which behaviours have most impact on students, and establish which specific determinants are most related to which money-management behaviours. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-090b5479d2b14eb0b944169a60bda2442025-02-05T05:32:23ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-01198e030713710.1371/journal.pone.0307137Understanding money-management behaviour and its potential determinants among undergraduate students: A scoping review.Theepa CappelliAdrian P BanksBenjamin Gardner<h4>Background</h4>University students typically face acute financial pressure, which can adversely impact mental health, wellbeing, and academic outcomes. This scoping review of qualitative and quantitative studies aimed to identify distinct money-management behaviours, and psychological determinants, to inform future interventions.<h4>Methods</h4>Two electronic databases were searched for observational studies focusing on money-management behaviours and their correlates (in quantitative studies) or reflections on experiences of such behaviours (qualitative studies). Of 789 unique papers identified, 12 papers, reporting 10 distinct studies (six quantitative, two qualitative, two mixed-methods), were entered into review. We inductively categorised all behaviours and psychological correlates, and narratively synthesised findings.<h4>Results</h4>We documented 15 distinct money-management behaviours, which fitted five higher-order categories: budgeting, saving (i.e., building funds), spending, borrowing, and settling debts. Twenty-two distinct potential correlates were observed, which fitted six categories: personality characteristics, financial beliefs and knowledge, attitudes, affective responses, self-efficacy and control, and social influences. Financial beliefs and knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy and control, and social support from parents and peers were generally associated with 'better' money management practices.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Heterogeneity in behaviours and correlates studied precluded definitive conclusions. Future studies should more comprehensively adopt theories and concepts from behavioural science, to distinguish between different money-management behaviours, identify which behaviours have most impact on students, and establish which specific determinants are most related to which money-management behaviours.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307137 |
| spellingShingle | Theepa Cappelli Adrian P Banks Benjamin Gardner Understanding money-management behaviour and its potential determinants among undergraduate students: A scoping review. PLoS ONE |
| title | Understanding money-management behaviour and its potential determinants among undergraduate students: A scoping review. |
| title_full | Understanding money-management behaviour and its potential determinants among undergraduate students: A scoping review. |
| title_fullStr | Understanding money-management behaviour and its potential determinants among undergraduate students: A scoping review. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding money-management behaviour and its potential determinants among undergraduate students: A scoping review. |
| title_short | Understanding money-management behaviour and its potential determinants among undergraduate students: A scoping review. |
| title_sort | understanding money management behaviour and its potential determinants among undergraduate students a scoping review |
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