Ashley B Lebaron-Black
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 322173 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ashley B Lebaron-Black |
| NOMBRES | Ashley B |
| APELLIDO | Lebaron-Black |
| FIRMA | LEBARON-BLACK A B |
| AFILIACIONES | Brigham Young University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4980-2659 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 51 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 45 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 51 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2018 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Measuring Financial Constructs
This study assesses the predictive power of multi-item scales designed to measure personal finance constructs compared to single items from the scales. We used a 2022–2023 data set of 993 adults in the United States collected by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) that includes a range of demographic variables, multi-item scales, and other variables capturing financial behaviors and experiences. For the present analysis, we sele…
Introduction to the Special Issue on Measurement
Improving Measurement in the Study of Consumer Finance
Research conducted in the areas of consumer/household finance and financial education is intended to inform policy, programs, and practices that encourage more positive financial decisions and outcomes. The way in which that research is conducted matters. The development, selection, and use of measures is a core element of our research; however, little attention is paid to the topic. The objective of the consensus process reported in this paper w…
An Overlooked Population
Linguistic diversity in the United States is growing. While language is often a focal area of consideration when designing and validating international surveys, the diversity of language within one individual country may be overlooked. Indeed, despite the diversity of languages used in the United States, most surveys are still administered in English. Depending on English language proficiency, question reading levels and question complexity may i…
The Concept of Money Management Across Poverty Levels
In our field, there are few opportunities to examine (and demonstrate) the properties of existing measures. A recent survey of 993 US adults conducted by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) provides such an opportunity. In this study, we examine the factorial validity, reliability, and measurement invariance of the Brief Money Management Scale. Our central question is whether money management is a distinct construct for people l…
Money Talks, but Does It Tell the Truth? Attachment Styles and Financial Deception
Financial self‐efficacy and money separation protect Chinese women against imbalanced marital power and controlling behaviors
In This Together
The division of labor in mixed-gender couples has been a popular research topic for several decades, including discussions about household labor, childcare, and paid employment. However, few studies have examined these processes as they apply to highly religious couples, whose perspectives on labor division show some evidence of diverging from those who are less devout. To better understand how successful mixed-gender, highly religious couples fr…
Learning from Bitter Memories
Drawing from family systems theory and family financial socialization theory, we examined associations among interparental financial conflicts (IPFC), financial beliefs and behaviors, and well-being for 312 Hong Kong young adults (aged 18–30 years old). The sample was relatively diverse in age, income level, and education level; the data were collected in March and April of 2022. IPFC consisted of frequency and three types of resolution strategie…
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Couples’ Financial Communication Scale
Communicating about finances is essential to develop shared meaning and goals within couple relationships. When couples struggle to discuss finances, they can experience poor couple outcomes. For researchers and clinicians to effectively study and promote healthy couple communication patterns regarding finances, a parsimonious, reliable, and valid measure of couples’ financial communication is needed. This study examined the psychometric utility …
Do Financial Barrier Beliefs About Marriage Predict Building Wealth? Latent Growth Curves of Emerging Adults’ Financial Barrier Beliefs, Assets, and Debt
Scholars have found that among emerging adults, financial barrier beliefs about marriage—like believing financial independence should be achieved prior to marriage—appear to be common. Despite the prevalence of beliefs about finances regarding marriage readiness, scholars have not established whether and how these financial barrier beliefs about marriage predict emerging adults’ debt and assets over time. Through the lens of marital paradigms the…
Two Taboos
Parent Financial Socialization and Financial Outcomes
We present a meta‐analysis of the associations between parent financial socialization during childhood/adolescence and financial outcomes in emerging adulthood, synthesizing results from 39 studies presented in 36 articles. The articles were identified via a systematic review. Parent financial socialization was positively associated with financial outcomes generally and with financial attitudes, financial behavior, financial knowledge, and financ…
A Tale of Two Societies
Objectives Previous research on social activity engagement in later life predominantly employed an individual-focused approach, restricting our understanding of how engagement in social activities as a couple can influence both relational and individual outcomes. This study examines the relationship between couples’ combination of social engagement and husbands’ and wives’ marital satisfaction, and subsequently, their depressive symptoms. Methods…
For richer, for poorer
Adopting feminist and intersectional perspectives, this study focused on gendered experiences in financial communication, power dynamics, and social sabotage across lower- versus higher-income couples. Three-wave, dyadic data were collected from 1,093 married couples between 2020 and 2022, covering the period before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing a random-intercept, actor-partner interdependence cross-lagged panel model (i.e.…
Talk is (still) cheap
Grounded in family financial socialization theory, the purpose of this study was to better understand parent financial socialization processes and outcomes by including multiple perspectives and by studying these processes and outcomes during adolescence (vs. retrospectively during emerging adulthood). We utilized reports from 1,117 U.S. adolescents and their primary caregiver (1,117; total N = 2,234). Through structural equation modeling, we tes…
Happily ever affluence
Money scripts are deep-seated but typically unconscious beliefs individuals hold about money. We considered four money scripts: money avoidance, money focus (also known as money worship), money status, and money privacy (adapted from money vigilance). While money scripts have been studied in conjunction with financial outcomes, our study is among the first to test relational outcomes of money scripts and among the first to examine money scripts o…
Can I trust you? Bidirectional, longitudinal associations between trust and various topics of couple communication
Trust and communication are both vital elements of successful couple relationships. Despite scholars positing that a sense of trust and quality communication could influence each other over time, few studies have sought to test these assumptions. The current study used a nationally representative sample of 2,168 couples to examine the bidirectional associations between trust and different communication topics across several years during the newly…
Nine Versions of the Parent Financial Socialization Scale
Confident Commitment
Pennies and power
The earlier couples first discussed finances, the better? A dyadic, longitudinal replication and extension
Two Good Forgivers? Forgiveness as a Moderator of the Association between Similarity of Financial Values and Relationship Flourishing
Despite couples with similar financial values tending to experience higher relationship satisfaction, individuals with dissimilar spending tendencies often marry each other. Research has not yet established strategies for therapists to encourage for newlywed couples with dissimilar financial values. We examined associations between similarity of financial values and relationship flourishing among 1,486 different-sex newlywed couples. In these ass…
For richer, for poorer
Guided by an intersectional feminism framework, we used three‐wave, dyadic survey data from a nationally representative sample of 1625 U.S. different‐gender newlywed couples to test three research questions. First, as balanced power is considered a key concept for relational well‐being in feminism, we examined developmental trajectories in husbands' and wives' perception of power (im)balance. Second, considering money as a major influence on powe…
Critical race theory in human development and family science
The field of human development and family science (HDFS) conducts interdisciplinary research that has substantially benefited children and families. However, like other disciplines, in the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery in 2020, HDFS has begun to deeply reflect on its relationship to race and racism. In this paper, we aim to help with this process. We do so by summarizing the history of HDFS and its present…
Feminism and Couple Finance
Money to Marriage, or Marriage to Money? Examining the Directionality Between Financial Processes and Marital Processes Among Newlywed Couples
Researchers have shown that if couples manage their money in sound ways, their marriages may benefit. Scholars have also shown that the quality of a marriage may precede positive financial behaviors. Previous studies have not determined the directionality of these processes, but researchers have assumed that it flows from financial variables to marital satisfaction. Utilizing a sample of U.S. mixed-gender, newlywed dyads ( N = 1220), we examined …
How Relationship-Enhancing Transcendent Religious Experiences during Adversity Can Encourage Relational Meaning, Depth, Healing, and Action
Research on the relationship between religion, spirituality, and health suggests that religious involvement can help people deal with various kinds of adversity. Although there has been a great deal of work on the influence of religious involvement and religious and spiritual practices on physical, mental, and relational health, there exists a gap in the theoretical and empirical literature about the potential benefits of transcendent religious e…
Practice Makes Perfect
Most financial socialization research focuses on two methods of learning: modeling and discussion. The purpose of this study is to qualitatively explore experiential learning as a third potential method of financial socialization used by parents. Specifically, we explored what children learned about finances through experiential learning and why parents used experiential learning as a financial socialization method. We used a multigenerational sa…
Critical race theory in human development and family science
The field of human development and family science (HDFS) conducts interdisciplinary research that has substantially benefited children and families. However, like other disciplines, in the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery in 2020, HDFS has begun to deeply reflect on its relationship to race and racism. In this paper, we aim to help with this process. We do so by summarizing the history of HDFS and its present…
The Lengthening Transition to Adulthood
Using longitudinal data collected from a college cohort in the United States ( N = 922), we examined the associations between systemic and structural factors (gender, race/ethnicity, family SES, and first-generation college status), financial parenting (teaching, and modeling behavior), and emerging adults' financial behavior. We conducted a series of one-way repeated measure ANOVA analyses (GLM) to assess patterns of average change in financial …
Talk is (still) cheap
Grounded in family financial socialization theory, the purpose of this study was to better understand parent financial socialization processes and outcomes by including multiple perspectives and by studying these processes and outcomes during adolescence (vs. retrospectively during emerging adulthood). We utilized reports from 1,117 U.S. adolescents and their primary caregiver (1,117; total N = 2,234). Through structural equation modeling, we tes…
Shalom bayit —Peace of the Home
Utilizing a sample of 30 regionally diverse families (N = 75 individuals) belonging to various branches of Judaism, we qualitatively explored how Judaism enhanced and facilitated participants’ general life strengths and relational strengths (i.e., marriage and parenting). Based on our findings, Jewish rituals, traditions, and observances had a positive influence on participants’ personal lives and family relationships. A sense of duty and respons…
Happily ever affluence
Money scripts are deep-seated but typically unconscious beliefs individuals hold about money. We considered four money scripts: money avoidance, money focus (also known as money worship), money status, and money privacy (adapted from money vigilance). While money scripts have been studied in conjunction with financial outcomes, our study is among the first to test relational outcomes of money scripts and among the first to examine money scripts o…
Can I trust you? Bidirectional, longitudinal associations between trust and various topics of couple communication
Trust and communication are both vital elements of successful couple relationships. Despite scholars positing that a sense of trust and quality communication could influence each other over time, few studies have sought to test these assumptions. The current study used a nationally representative sample of 2,168 couples to examine the bidirectional associations between trust and different communication topics across several years during the newly…
From Piggy Banks to Significant Others
While a plethora of research has found that parent financial socialization during childhood and adolescence is linked with financial outcomes in emerging adulthood, recent literature suggests that financial socialization may also impact romantic relationship outcomes in emerging adulthood. Utilizing a sample of 1,950 U.S. emerging adults, we test whether retrospectively recalled parent financial socialization is associated with romantic relations…
Feminism and Couple Finance
Shalom bayit —Peace of the Home
Utilizing a sample of 30 regionally diverse families (N = 75 individuals) belonging to various branches of Judaism, we qualitatively explored how Judaism enhanced and facilitated participants’ general life strengths and relational strengths (i.e., marriage and parenting). Based on our findings, Jewish rituals, traditions, and observances had a positive influence on participants’ personal lives and family relationships. A sense of duty and respons…
Practice Makes Perfect
Most financial socialization research focuses on two methods of learning: modeling and discussion. The purpose of this study is to qualitatively explore experiential learning as a third potential method of financial socialization used by parents. Specifically, we explored what children learned about finances through experiential learning and why parents used experiential learning as a financial socialization method. We used a multigenerational sa…
Romantic Attachment Orientations, Financial Behaviors, and Life Outcomes Among Young Adults
Financial Stressors as Catalysts for Relational Growth
Can We Talk About Money? Financial Socialization Through Parent–Child Financial Discussion
This multigenerational, qualitative research study explores family financial discussion processes that may lead to better financial preparation for emerging adults. Interviews were conducted with 90 emerging adults from three universities as well as 17 of their parents and 8 of their grandparents. Qualitative analyses revealed two major themes associated with family financial discussion processes. In parent-initiated discussions, principles were …
How Relationship-Enhancing Transcendent Religious Experiences during Adversity Can Encourage Relational Meaning, Depth, Healing, and Action
Research on the relationship between religion, spirituality, and health suggests that religious involvement can help people deal with various kinds of adversity. Although there has been a great deal of work on the influence of religious involvement and religious and spiritual practices on physical, mental, and relational health, there exists a gap in the theoretical and empirical literature about the potential benefits of transcendent religious e…
The Lengthening Transition to Adulthood
Using longitudinal data collected from a college cohort in the United States ( N = 922), we examined the associations between systemic and structural factors (gender, race/ethnicity, family SES, and first-generation college status), financial parenting (teaching, and modeling behavior), and emerging adults' financial behavior. We conducted a series of one-way repeated measure ANOVA analyses (GLM) to assess patterns of average change in financial …
Financial Socialization
Family Matters
How Do Parents Teach Their Children About Work? A Qualitative Exploration of Household Chores, Employment, and Entrepreneurial Experiences
Introduction to the Special Issue on Couples, Families, and Finance
Finances, religion, and the Faar model
Previous research suggests that the association between religion and financial stress is complicated—some studies have found that religion exacerbates financial stress (Gutierrez et al., 2017), while others have found that religion alleviates financial stress (Bradshaw & Ellison, 2010). Drawing upon interviews of 172 religious parents and religious leaders in Ireland and the United Kingdom, the purpose of this study is to better understand the re…
The ABC-X’s of Stress among U.S. Emerging Adults during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Many emerging adults have experienced increased financial distress and mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, and isolation may have amplified the importance of close relationships (especially as parents' influence diminishes during this developmental stage). Using the ABC-X Model to frame our model, we tested whether financial distress (C) mediates the associations between COVID-19 impact (A) and anxiety and depressive symptoms (X)…
Less Than Fully Honest
Emerging adults lack many basic financial capabilities. To avoid conflict that may come from these deficiencies, some emerging adults may financially deceive their romantic partner. However, little is known about financial deception in emerging adult romantic relationships. Through the lenses of two theoretical frameworks, we test whether financial deception intervenes the associations of couple financial communication, financial socialization, a…
Finances and Fate
Utilizing a sample of 4182 U.S. emerging adults and structural equation modeling, we examined how parent financial socialization received during childhood and adolescence is associated with mental health in emerging adulthood and whether locus of control is an intervening variable. Financial socialization was negatively associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms, and positively associated with life satisfaction. Indirect pathways were found …
Financial behaviors, financial satisfaction, and goal attainment among college-educated young adults
The aim of the study is to investigate how 2,084 U.S. college-educated young adults (61.9% female, and 69.5% non-Hispanic White) navigated the goal attainment process during the transition to adulthood. Using four-wave data collected across eight years, we examined how financial behaviors (self-regulating behaviors) predicted both depressive symptoms (affective goal attainment evaluations) and financial obstacles to goal attainment (cognitive goa…
Change in Financial Stress and Relational Wellbeing During Covid-19
Couple-Level Attachment Styles, Finances, and Marital Satisfaction
Talk is cheap
Parental financial socialization, financial behaviors, and well‐being among Hong Kong young adults amid Covid ‐19
Financial communication as a mediator between financial values and marital outcomes
All’s not fair in love and work
Using Social Exchange Theory (SET) and an actor-partner interdependence model (APIM), we examine direct and indirect associations among financial distress, work-family spillover, and relationship satisfaction. Data come from wave 3 of the Couple Relationships and Transition Experiences (CREATE) study: a dyadic, nationally-representative sample of U.S. newlyweds (N = 1,044 opposite-sex, dual-earner couples). We found wives’ and husbands’ financial…
Which Came First, the Money or the Sex? Bidirectional, Indirect Associations between Financial Management Behaviors and Sexual Satisfaction among Newlywed Couples
Scholars have established connections between how married couples navigate their finances and their sexual relationship. For example, financial management behaviors are associated with sexual satisfaction among newlywed couples. However, we know very little about the direction of the association between financial management behaviors and sexual satisfaction. Understanding which might predict the other, or if there might be a bidirectional associa…
Money to Marriage, or Marriage to Money? Examining the Directionality Between Financial Processes and Marital Processes Among Newlywed Couples
Researchers have shown that if couples manage their money in sound ways, their marriages may benefit. Scholars have also shown that the quality of a marriage may precede positive financial behaviors. Previous studies have not determined the directionality of these processes, but researchers have assumed that it flows from financial variables to marital satisfaction. Utilizing a sample of U.S. mixed-gender, newlywed dyads ( N = 1220), we examined …
Psychology (38 obras) · Social Psychology (30 obras) · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (26 obras) · Finance (23 obras) · Developmental psychology (22 obras) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (21 obras) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (17 obras) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (15 obras) · Economics (14 obras) · Socialization (14 obras)