NC2172: Household financial and health decision-making under economic uncertainties

(Multistate Research Project)

Status: Active

SAES-422 Reports

06/24/2024

Journal Articles


Chawla, I., Russell, M. B., White, K. J., and DeVaney, S. A. (2023), 31(2 & 3). Fear and Trust in Financial Institutions: A Thematic Analysis. Financial Services Review.


DeVaney, S. A. & Lee, J. M. (2023). A Review of Housing Articles in FCSRJ: 2008-2022. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 50(3). 


Heo, W., Moon, K., & Ahn, S. Y. (2024). Unmasking the phantoms of generations: A comparative study of financial responsibility and stress across generational divides. Journal of Financial Therapy, 15(1), 2. doi:10.4148/1944-9771.1382


Heo, W., Yao, R., & Cho, S. H. (2024). Perceived mental health and physical health during the pandemic: The role of financial stress. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, Advanced online. doi:10.1891/JFCP-2022-0108


Yi, L., Heo, W., & Pearson, B. (2024). How do personality traits relate to financial satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic? Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning (in the publishing process)


Heo, W., Kim, E., Kwak E. J., & Grable, J. E. (2024). Identifying hidden factors associated with household emergency fund holding: A machine learning application. Mathematics, 12(2), 182. doi: 10.3390/math12020182


Moon, K., Heo, W., Lee, J. M., & Grable, J. E. (2023). Financial stress and COVID-19: A comprehensive analysis of the factors associated with the pandemic. Risks, 11, 218. doi: 10.3390/risks11120218


Lee, J. M., Rabbani, A., & Heo, W. (2023). Examining financial anxiety focusing on interactions between financial knowledge and financial self-efficacy. Journal of Financial Therapy, 14(1), 2. doi: 10.4148/1944-9771.1279


Kim, K. T., Cho, S. H., and Xiao, J. J. (2023). Is ignorance bliss? Use of alternative financial services, financial literacy, and financial anxiety. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 44, 956-967. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-022-09883-8 [SSCI]


Gallardo, J.E., MacDonald, M., Lim, H.N., and Kiss, D.E. (2024). An examination of student loan debt, financial threats, and financial anxiety. Journal of Personal Finance, 23(1), p.47


Preece, G. L., & D. E. Kiss (2023). Development of a responsible financial behaviors index. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 34(2). Doi: 10.1891/JFCP-2022-0046


Kim, K. T., Xiao, J. J., & Porto, N. (2024). Financial inclusion, financial capability and financial fragility during COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Bank Marketing42(3), 414-436.


Porto, N. & Xiao, J. J. (2024) “Life Skills: Teaching Personal Finance to College Students during a Pandemic.” Invited book chapter for Effective Methods for Teaching Business Related Topics During and Post Crisis. Vol.2. Edited by Dr. James Blair and Dr. Marcel Robles. National Business Education Association. Reston, VA


Mandal, B., Porto, N., Kiss, D. E., Cho, S. H., & Head, L. S. W. (2023). Health insurance coverage during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The role of Medicaid expansion. Journal of Consumer Affairs57(1), 296-319.


Leedahl, S. N., Pascuzzi, E., McCurdy, K., & Porto, N. (2023). Beyond Employment: Lower Income Participants' Experiences in a Healthcare Training Program for Medical Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians, and Certified Nursing Assistants. Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice21(3), 24.


Xiao, J., Kim, K. T., & Lee, S. (2024). Consumer Financial Capability and Financial Well-being: Multi-year analyses, Applied Research in Quality of Life 19(1), 547-580 [SSCI] https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-023-10253-1


Wheeler, B. E., & Brooks, C. (2024). Financial safety nets or rescue fantasies? A moderating view of the relationship between usage of alternative financial services and financial anxiety among college students. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Advanced Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-024-09961-z


Yorgason, J. B., Segel-Karpas, D., Ermer, A., Weller, H., Owens, S., & Wheeler, B. E. (2024). What are we worried about? Mid-life couples’ financial concerns about their retirement. Family Relations. Advanced Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13028


Wheeler, B. E., Wilmoth, J. D., Phillips, T. M., & Brooks, C. (2024). What factors within the context of a romantic relationship and the couples’ finances are related to the level of religiosity among contemporary emerging adults? Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 12(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.55533/2325-5226.1374


Li, X., Wheeler, B. E., James, S., LeBaron-Black, A. B., Holmes, E. K., & Yorgason, J. B., & (2024). For richer, for poorer: Financial behaviors, marital power, and relational aggression among newlyweds. Family Process, 63(1), 176-191. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12886


LeBaron, A. B., Saxey, M. T., Totenhagen, C. J., Wheeler, B. E., Archuleta, K. L., Yorgason, J. B., & James, S. (2023). Financial communication as a mediator between financial values and marital outcomes. Family Relations, 72(4), 1974-1992. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12786


Wheeler, B. E., & Brooks, C. (2023). Financial socialization, financial identity, and financial well-being among university students taking a consumer economics course. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Advanced Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-023-09930-y


Phillips, T. M., Smith, J. R., Long, A. C., Wheeler, B. E., Marks, L. D., Goodman, M., Hatch, T., & Wall, S. K. (2023). Family Home Evening as a model for promoting family health. International Journal of Latest Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(11), 98-103.


Wheeler, B. E., & Brooks, C. (2023). Financial concerns, relationship happiness, and financial management behaviors: A moderating relationship among married and cohabiting participants. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 44(2), 325-341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-022-09824-5


Phillips, T. M., Wilmoth, J. D., Wheeler, B. E., Long, A. C., Pylate, L., & Brink, J. (2023). Religiosity and well-being in emerging adults. Religion and Education, 50(1), 70-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/15507394.2022.2154105


Worthy, S. & Lee, H. (in press). Healthy lifestyle and well-being through the lens of family and consumer sciences, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences.


Qi, J., Chatterjee, S., Worthy, S. L., Herndon, K., & Wojdynski, B. (2024). Using an extended post-acceptance framework to examine consumer adoption of fintech. International Journal of Bank Marketing. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-10-2022-0448


Zhang, Y. (2024). ESG perceptions: Investigating investor motivations and characteristics. Financial Services Review, 32(2).


Zhang, Y., & Fan, L. (2023). An examination of mobile fintech utilization from a stress-coping perspective. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 34, 354–366. DOI: 10.1891/JFCP-2022-0061


Zhang, Y., & Chatterjee, S. (2023). Financial literacy, financial stress, and financial well-being in the United States. Sustainability, 15(5), 4505. DOI: 10.3390/su15054505


Ma, Q., Ying, Y. & Yao, R. (2024). The impact of Chinese public expenditures on household investment in risky financial assets: Evidence from a national survey. Journal of Consumer Affairs, forthcoming


Yao, R., Xu, Y. & Zhang, J. (2023). Household financial resilience from a health perspective. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 57(3), 1258-1280. DOI:10.1111/joca.12525.


Yao, R. & Zhang, J. (2023). Employment status and financial resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Bank Marketing, DOI: 10.1108/IJBM-08-2022-0371.


Yao, R. & J. J. Xiao. (2023). Financial capability and informal bankruptcy: Comparing student loan holders and non-holders. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 41(1), 34-51. DOI:10.1108/IJBM-05-2022-0207.


 


Awards and Recognition


Lorna Saboe-Wounded Head received the American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) Stewart M. Lee Consumer Education Award


KT Kim received the American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) Mid-Career Award


Sharon DeVaney and Jae Min Lee received the FCSRJ Best Paper Award in Housing and Interior Design for 2023. Awarded at the 2024 AAFCS Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.


Sharon DeVaney and Jae Min Lee’s article was recognized as 2024 Wiley Top Downloaded Article, One of the most downloaded papers during its first 12 months of publication (January 1 2022-December 31 2022). Review of Best Papers in Personal Finance: 2008-2020.


Isha Chawla, Mia Russell, Ken White, and Sharon DeVaney received 2023 Academy of Financial Services Conference Best Paper Award for their paper titled, Fear of financial loss due to history, misunderstanding of banking, and trust issues: A thematic analysis.


Tim Griesdorn and Sharon DeVaney received 2023 Best Paper Award in its section in the Fall Conference, Academy of Business Research Fall Conference The health and wealth connection to financial wellbeing during COVID-19.

05/28/2025

Publications


Journal Articles


 


An, T., Xiao, J.J., Porto, N. & Cruz, L. (2025) Mobile payment, financial behavior and financial anxiety: a multi-group structural equation modeling study. International Journal of Bank Marketing, Vol. 43 No. 3, pp. 549-568.


 


Cruz, L. A., Peñaloza, V., Porto, N., & An, T. (2025) The role of personal and cultural values on saving behavior: a cross-national analysis. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy.


 


Porto, N. & Carroll, K. (2025) Financial Education of Emerging Adults. Invited book chapter for Flourishing and Floundering Financially in Emerging Adulthood: A Handbook. Ed. by A. LeBaron-Black, H. Kelley, & A. Sorgente. Oxford Academic.


 


Porto, N.& Xiao, J. J. (2025) Life Skills: Teaching Personal Finance to College Students during a Pandemic. Invited book chapter for NBEA Effective Methods for Teaching Business Related Topics During and Post Crisis.


 


Heo, W., Liu, Y., & Park, H. (2025). Financial stress, psychological factors, and financial knowledge on life satisfaction: A comparative pre- and post-COVID cross-sectional analysis in the United States. Applied Research in Quality of Life, (In press) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-025-10431-3


 


DeVaney, S. A. & Lee, J. M. (2024). A Review of Professional Issue Papers in FCSRJ: 2009-2022. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 51(1), http://doi.org/10:111/fcsr.12522


 


Sanjeevi, N., Hebert, L., Mandal, B., Monsivais, P. “Loss of pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage is associated with unmet need for health care, medical financial hardship and lower health care use in postpartum women”. Public Health Challenges, March 2025, 4(1): e70044. https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.70044


 


Mandal, B. “Medicaid expansion and participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: The role of Integrated Eligibility Systems”. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, March 2025, 47(1): 154-175. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13466


 


Qi, J., Zhang, Y., & Worthy, S. (2024). Social determinants of health and desirable financial behaviors: The mediation effect of financial knowledge. Financial Services Review, 32(4), 51-77.


 


Qi, J., Zhang, Y., Worthy, S., & Kim, J. (in press). From financial self-efficacy to financial behaviors: The role of financial advice seeking and stress. Journal of International Bank Marketing.


 


Heo, W., Moon, K., & Ahn, S. Y. (2024). Unmasking the phantoms of generations: A comparative study of financial responsibility and stress across generational divides. Journal of Financial Therapy, 15(1), 2. doi:10.4148/1944-9771.1382


 


Yi, L., Wollan, P., & Heo, W. (2024). Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on financial conditions and well-being: Exploring the moderating influence of personality traits on life satisfaction, Applied Economics Letters, 1-4, https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2024.2404160  


 


Heo, W., Liu, Y., & Lee, J. M. (2024). Improving communication with financial consumers: Insights from a study of Phone Call Phobia. Financial Services Review, 32(4), 78-102.


 


Heo, W., Yao, R. & Cho, S. H. (2024). Perceived mental and physical health during the Pandemic: The role of financial stress. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 35(2), 215-233.


 


Yao, R. & Zhang, J. (2024). Pandemic-induced job loss and mental health: Evidence from a moderated mediation model. Review of Development Economics, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.13162


 


Awards


 


Jinhee Kim received the American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) Distinguished Fellow Award


 


Nilton Porto recognized as Top Reviewer by the Financial Planning Review


 


2024 Wiley Top Downloaded Article, DeVaney, S. A. & Lee, J. M. “A Review of Best Papers in Personal Finance: 2008-2020.” One of the most downloaded papers during its first 12 months of publication (January 1 2022-December 31 2022). 


 


FCSRJ Best Paper Award in Housing and Interior Design. 2024 American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota. DeVaney, S. A. and Lee, J. M. A review of housing articles in FCSRJ: 2008-2022.

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