Predictors of credit card use and perceived financial well-being in female college students: a Brazil-United States comparative study

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danilo Braun Santos ◽  
Wesley Mendes-Da-Silva ◽  
Eduardo Flores ◽  
Jill M. Norvilitis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Credit Card ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College ◽  
Credit Card Use

scholarly journals Attitudes toward Credit and Finances among College Students in Brazil and the United States

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill M. Norvilitis ◽  
Wesley Mendes-Da-Silva
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Credit Card ◽  
Student Loans ◽  
Credit Cards ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Delay Of Gratification

Although research on credit card debt in developed countries has identified predictors of debt among<br />college students, it is unknown whether these same predictors apply in emerging markets, such as<br />Brazil. To examine this issue, a total of 1257 college students, 814 from Brazil and 443 from the United<br />States, participated in a study exploring the utility of a theory of planned behavior as a predictor of<br />credit card debtand student loans among college students, as well as perceived financial well-being.<br />Compared to the Brazilian participants, the American sample was more financially self-confident,<br />reported better financial well-being, and was more likely to believe that credit cards are negative.<br />Similar predictors of financial well-being emerged in the samples. Specifically, parenting practices<br />related to money and better self-reported delay of gratification are related to more positive financial<br />attitudes and lower levels of debt. Although the debt to income ratio among card holders was similar,<br />Brazilian students held more credit cards than American students. Greater delay of gratification was<br />related to lower levels of student loans in the United States, but there were no significant predictors of<br />student loans in Brazil.

Body-Image Dissatisfaction among American Male and Female College Students: A Computer-Based Graphical Approach

1993 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan C. Gustavson ◽  
Carl R. Gustavson ◽  
Monica P. Gabaldon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Body Image Dissatisfaction ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
State Colleges ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Graphical Approach ◽  
Female College ◽  
Computer Based

College students (56 women and 43 men) attending state colleges in the southwestern United States were tested for body-image dissatisfaction using a computer-based graphical body-image task. A reliable relationship between desired stature and desired body-image was observed for the women. Women of large stature showed a greater discrepancy between verbally reported desired stature and redrawn images of desired stature than women of average or smaller than average stature. No reliable discrepancy between desired body-image and verbally reported desired stature was shown by the men.

Receipt of Routine Gynecological Examinations among Sexually Active Female College Students in the United States

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 1195-1200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa L. Lindley ◽  
Heather M. Brandt ◽  
Lucy Annang ◽  
Corrie L. Barnett ◽  
James W. Hardin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
Female College

Optimism, Social Support, Stress, and Physical and Psychological Well-Being in Japanese Women

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 299-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsunori Sumi
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Japanese Women ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Female College ◽  
Japanese Female ◽  
The Relationship

The present study examined the relationship between self-reported scores on optimism, social support, and stress and on physical and psychological well-being in 176 Japanese female college students. The significant interactions found among scores on optimism, social support, and stress suggest that individuals who reported higher optimism and social support also rated themselves higher with respect to physical and psychological well-being, regardless of their reported stress.

scholarly journals A Study of Psychological Well Being Among Male and Female College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Ramesh D. Waghmare
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female College ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Rural College ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of gender and location of the college students on psychological well being. The sample for the study comprised of 100 college students from jalna city. In each 50 male students (25 urban and 25 rural male students) and 50 female students (25 Urban and 25 rural female college students). The scale was used for data collection psychological well being scale by Bholge and prakash (1995). Where gender and location were considered as independent variables and psychological well being as dependent variables. 2×2 factorial design was used and data were analysis by Mean, SD and ‘t’ values. Results revered no significant difference between male and female, Urban and Rural college students on psychological well being.

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