scholarly journals College students and credit card use : the effect of personal financial knowledge on debt behavior

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cliff A. Robb
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Credit Card ◽  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Debt Behavior ◽  
Credit Card Use

Materialism and Credit Card Use by College Students

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 643-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Beth Pinto ◽  
Diane H. Parente ◽  
Todd S. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Credit Card ◽  
Credit Cards ◽  
The United States ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Spending Patterns ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Credit Card Use

Much has been written in the popular press on credit card use and spending patterns of American college students. The proliferation of credit cards and their ease of acquisition ensure that students today have more opportunities for making more credit purchases than any other generation of college students. Little is known about the relationship between students' attitudes towards materialism and their use of credit cards. A study was conducted at three college campuses in the northeastern part of the United States where a total of 1,022 students were surveyed. Students' attitudes toward use of credit and their credit card balances were evaluated relative to their scores on Richins and Dawson's Materialism Scale (1992). Our findings suggest no significant difference between those individuals scoring high versus low on the Materialism Scale in terms of the number of credit cards owned and the average balance owed. Individuals high on materialism, however, significantly differed in terms of their uses for credit cards and their general attitude toward their use.

scholarly journals Credit Card Usage Among College Students in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Yao ◽  
Xiangyi Meng
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Credit Card ◽  
Credit Cards ◽  
Common Method ◽  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Credit History ◽  
Using Data ◽  
High Level ◽  
Credit Card Usage

Credit cards have become a common method of payment for college students in China. It is important that they form good credit card usage behaviors and build a good credit history early in their financial life. Using data collected from 10 universities in China, results of this study found that being financially dependent on their parents is negatively associated with Chinese college students’ ability to pay their credit card bills. The study also found that students with a high level of financial knowledge were less likely to take cash advances on their credit card. Implications for financial educators and parents as well as policymakers were provided.

Financial Knowledge, Confidence, Credit Use, and Financial Satisfaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Atlas ◽  
Jialing Lu ◽  
P. Dorin Micu ◽  
Nilton Porto
Keyword(s):  
Credit Card ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Financial Knowledge ◽  
Strong Interactions ◽  
Financial Satisfaction ◽  
Financial Behaviors ◽  
Subjective Knowledge ◽  
Subjective Financial Knowledge ◽  
The Right ◽  
Credit Card Use

This article investigates associations between confidence about financial knowledge and two outcome variables, financial behaviors and financial satisfaction. On one hand, subjective financial knowledge (confidence) is necessary to make proactive decisions, yet overconfidence has been associated with a range of negative financial behaviors and outcomes. Both types of objective and subjective knowledge may be related to critical financial behaviors and choices such as credit card usage which in turn may be associated with financial satisfaction, an important component of consumer well-being. This article analyzes data from the 2015 National Financial Capability Study to examine how financial knowledge confidence relates to credit card behaviors and financial satisfaction. We use mediation and floodlight analyses to uncover relevant relationships between variables of interest. We find evidence that confidence is associated with healthy credit card use that contributes to financial satisfaction. We also observe strong interactions with knowledge to find that confidence is more strongly associated with credit card use and overall financial satisfaction as knowledge increases. Findings from this study can help financial educators and advisors to deliver the right mix of financial knowledge to better financial choices and behaviors.

Self-Control and Credit-Card Use among College Students

2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1067-1078 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phylis M. Mansfield ◽  
Mary Beth Pinto ◽  
Diane H. Parente
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Credit Card ◽  
Credit Cards ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Traditional Age ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Credit Card Use

This study assessed the relationship between sell-control and credit-card use with a convenience sample of 165 traditional-age college students of whom 69 (42%) were women. Students' self-control was measured on Grasmick, et al.'s Self-control Scale, which has six subscales, one of which is Impulsivity. Comparisons were made between those students who paid their cards off each month, called convenience users, and those who carried a monthly balance forward on scores on total self-control and impulsivity, and number of credit cards possessed. A significant difference in self-control scores was found between these two groups and also for mean impulsivity scores. Significantly fewer credit cards were possessed by students who paid their cards off each month than by those who carried a monthly balance.

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