Financial behavior and well-being of young adults effects of self-control and optimism

On tärkeää tiedostaa taloudelliseen päätöksentekoon vaikuttavat tekijät, jotta on mahdollista auttaa ihmisiä tekemään parempia päätöksiä. Samalla tavalla taloudellisen hyvinvoinnin edistämiseksi on tiedettävä hyvinvointiin vaikuttavat tekijät. Tämä tutkielma selvittää itsehillinnän ja optimismin roo...

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Päätekijä: Hirvonen, Joonas
Muut tekijät: Kauppakorkeakoulu, School of Business and Economics, Taloustieteet, Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Aineistotyyppi: Pro gradu
Kieli:eng
Julkaistu: 2018
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description On tärkeää tiedostaa taloudelliseen päätöksentekoon vaikuttavat tekijät, jotta on mahdollista auttaa ihmisiä tekemään parempia päätöksiä. Samalla tavalla taloudellisen hyvinvoinnin edistämiseksi on tiedettävä hyvinvointiin vaikuttavat tekijät. Tämä tutkielma selvittää itsehillinnän ja optimismin rooleja taloudellisen käyttäytymisen ja hyvinvoinnin taustalla. Lisäksi se tutkii asuntosäästöpalkkiotilin (ASP-tili) mahdollisuutta toimia itsehillintämekanismina. Tutkimusta varten suoritettiin online-kysely, joka sisälsi kysymyksiä väestötiedoista, ASP-tilin tuntemuksesta ja käytöstä. Lisäksi kysely sisälsi kysymyksiä ja väittämiä, joiden avulla arvioitiin vastaajien taloudellista käyttäytymistä, taloudellista hyvinvointia, itsehillintää, optimismia ja talouslukutaitoa. Vastaajat olivat kaikki Jyväskylän yliopiston opiskelijoita, joista rajattiin iän perusteella (18-29-vuotias) 903 vastaajan otos. Tutkimustulokset osoittavat itsehillinnällä olevan tilastollisesti merkitsevä positiivinen yhteys taloudelliseen käyttäytymiseen ja taloudelliseen hyvinvointiin. Lisäksi optimismilla ja taloudellisella hyvinvoinnilla on selvästi positiivinen yhteys. Sen sijaan talouslukutaidolla ei ole tilastollisesti merkitsevää yhteyttä taloudelliseen käyttäytymiseen, mutta sillä on negatiivinen yhteys taloudelliseen huoleen. Näin ollen talouslukutaito korreloi positiivisesti taloudellisen hyvinvoinnin kanssa. Tutkimustulokset paljastavat myös mielenkiintoisen yhteyden sukupuolen ja taloudellisen hyvinvoinnin välillä. Naisten hyvinvointi osoittautui heikommaksi kuin miesten, vaikka taloudellisessa käyttäytymisessä ole tilastollisesti merkitsevää eroa. Tutkimustulosten mukaan vastaajat ilman ASP-tiliä säästävät harvemmin kuin vastaajat joilla on ASP-tili. Näin ollen on mahdollista, että ASP-tili toimii itsehillintämekanismina. Tämän tutkielman tulokset korostavat psykologisten tekijöiden (erityisesti itsehillintä ja optimismi) merkittävää roolia taloudellisen käyttäytymisen ja taloudellisen hyvinvoinnin taustalla. To help people to make better financial decisions, it is crucial to understand the factors that influence financial behavior. Similarly, to improve financial well-being, it is important to know the factors related to it. This thesis aims to investigate the roles of self-control and optimism behind financial behavior and financial well-being. Moreover, this thesis explores the possibility of an asuntosäästöpalkkio (ASP) account to work as a self-control mechanism. For this study, an online survey was conducted and a sample of 903 participants was gathered. The survey included questions on demographics and regarding ASP accounts, scales measuring self-control, optimism, financial behavior, financial literacy, financial anxiety and financial security. The sample consisted of young Finnish adults (aged 18-29) studying at the university of Jyväskylä. The findings in this thesis present self-control to be positively related to financial behavior and financial well-being. There is a significant positive relationship between optimism and financial well-being. Furthermore, financial literacy is not related to financial behavior, but it is negatively related to financial anxiety; therefore, it is positively related to financial well-being. An interesting finding was a gender effect. The results show women to have lower lever of financial well-being than men. The results suggest that an ASP account could work as a self-control mechanism, since participants who had an ASP account saved more frequently than the ones without. In sum, the findings in this thesis highlight the significant role of psychological factors, namely self-control and optimism, behind financial behavior and well-being.
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title Financial behavior and well-being of young adults : effects of self-control and optimism
title_full Financial behavior and well-being of young adults : effects of self-control and optimism
title_fullStr Financial behavior and well-being of young adults : effects of self-control and optimism Financial behavior and well-being of young adults : effects of self-control and optimism
title_full_unstemmed Financial behavior and well-being of young adults : effects of self-control and optimism Financial behavior and well-being of young adults : effects of self-control and optimism
title_short Financial behavior and well-being of young adults
title_sort financial behavior and well being of young adults effects of self control and optimism
title_sub effects of self-control and optimism
title_txtP Financial behavior and well-being of young adults : effects of self-control and optimism
topic financial behavior financial well-being self-control optimism financial literacy self-control mechanism taloudellinen käyttäytyminen taloudellinen hyvinvointi itsehillintä ASP talouslukutaito asuntosäästöpalkkio itsehillintämekanismi Kansantaloustiede Economics 2041 optimismi asuntosäästäminen opiskelijat talous saving for a home students economy
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