Problem-Solving Orientations, Financial Self-Efficacy, and Student-Loan Repayment Stress

Soyeon Shim; Joyce Serido; Sun Kyung Lee

doi:10.1111/joca.12228

Problem-Solving Orientations, Financial Self-Efficacy, and Student-Loan Repayment Stress

Soyeon Shim, Joyce Serido, Sun Kyung Lee

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Abstract

Using data acquired from a four-time longitudinal survey, we tested a model linking two measures of self-agency, i.e., problem-solving orientations and financial self-efficacy, to student-loan repayment stress. Of those participants who responded at Wave 4 (N = 855) of a longitudinal study, 396 who had acquired student loans were included in our structural equation model's Mplus analysis. After we controlled for gender, college financial education, ethnicity, and participant annual income, we found that both financial self-efficacy and negative problem-solving orientation were related to perceived difficulty. More specifically, those participants with a greater financial self-efficacy at Wave 4 perceived less difficulty in paying off their loans, while those with a more negative problem-solving orientation perceived more difficulty in paying off their loans. We also found perceived difficulty to be directly related to the actual difficulty of repaying a loan, and this perceived difficulty was, in turn, associated with loan-specific stress. We provide implications for financial education.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1273-1296
Number of pages	24
Journal	Journal of Consumer Affairs
Volume	53
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12228
State	Published - Sep 1 2019

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This research uses data from the Arizona Pathways to Life Success for University Students Project (APLUS), directed by Joyce Serido at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and designed by Soyeon Shim at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Joyce Serido. Information on how to obtain access to the APLUS data files is available on the APLUS website https://www.aplushappiness.org/. Funding support for this research was provided by the National Endowment for Financial Education, Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation & Affiliates, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Hatch Grant #006781).

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