Matthew T Saxey
Biographic Data
| ID | 322174 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew T Saxey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew T |
| FAMILY NAME | Saxey |
| SIGNATURE | SAXEY M T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4556-6564 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Perceived Financial Well-Being Scale among Individuals in Diverse Couple Relationships
Examining Separate Financial Behaviors as Predictors of Both Spouses’ Personal Financial Satisfaction Among Different-Gender Couples in Early Marriage
Scholars have primarily relied on an aggregate score of many financial behaviors to predict financial well-being using cross-sectional data from one respondent in a family unit. Although there are benefits to using an aggregate score, it does not reveal which financial behaviors may be most salient. Using cross-sectional and longitudinal, dyadic data from 1,088 different-gender couples in early marriage, we examined both spouses’ reports of five …
The Social‐Ecological Model of Military Family Financial Well‐Being
The social‐ecological model of military family financial well‐being was developed to delineate and depict individual‐, family‐, community‐, military‐ and societal‐level factors that jointly shape these families' financial well‐being. Theoretical frameworks that ground efforts to enhance families' financial well‐being remain underdeveloped but are crucial for informing the work of researchers, helping professionals, and policymakers. To be effecti…
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Couples’ Financial Communication Scale: Findings and Implications from Two Large, Diverse Samples
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…
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Military Cultural Competence Intervention for Helping Professionals
Military-connected individuals and families regularly seek services from community-based providers. Thus, helping professionals (e.g., therapists, social workers) need a working knowledge of military culture to develop rapport, tailor services, and effectively treat military-connected clients. This study examines the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of the REACH for Military Cultural Competence mobile application, a conti…
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: Full, Short, and Minimal Versions for Emerging Adults, Adolescents, and Parents
Confident Commitment: Financial Self-Efficacy’s Indirect Association with Romantic Relationship Flourishing Through Financial Behaviors
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…
Pornography diversity: A latent class analysis of pornography users in committed relationships
Financial communication as a mediator between financial values and marital outcomes
All’s not fair in love and work: Financial distress, work-family spillover, and relationship satisfaction in newly-married couples
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 …
From Piggy Banks to Significant Others: Associations Between Financial Socialization and Romantic Relationship Flourishing in Emerging Adulthood
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…
Predicting marital financial deception in a national sample: A person‐centered approach
The ABC-X’s of Stress among U.S. Emerging Adults during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Relationship Quality, Financial Distress, and Mental Health
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: Financial Deception in Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships
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: Parent Financial Socialization, Locus of Control, and Mental Health in Emerging Adulthood
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 …
Bedtime and the Budget: Longitudinal, Actor–Partner Connections between Sleep Quality and Financial Management Behaviors in Newlywed Couples
Research from the American Psychological Association suggests that approximately 67% of U.S. adults are getting more or less sleep than desired, and over 80% of U.S. adults ages 18-43 are stressed about finances. Cross-sectional evidence suggests that there may be a connection between the two. That is, some cross-sectional research suggests a contemporaneous association between sleep quality and finances. Using two waves of newlywed dyadic data (…
Applying the developmental model of marital competence to sexual satisfaction: Associations between conflict resolution quality, forgiveness, attachment, and sexual satisfaction
Sexual satisfaction is a complex construct that is affected by many diverse factors. Without a comprehensive framework guiding their work, scholars and practitioners who work with married couples may inadvertently focus on a single factor affecting sexual satisfaction and subsequently limit the effectiveness of their research and practice. Through discussion and an empirical example, the current study explores how the developmental model of marit…
Associations of mindfulness with adolescent outcomes and sexuality
INTRODUCTION: Using an online survey, we evaluated how adolescent trait and state mindfulness was associated with positive adolescent outcomes in non-sexually active and sexually active adolescents. Additionally, we evaluated a newly developed measure, the Sexual Mindfulness Measure (SMM), with adolescents. METHODS: We asked 2000 U.S. adolescents (half boys/girls; 1/3 low, medium, and high incomes) aged 13-18 (one group 13-15, another 16-18) abou…
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 …
Applying the developmental model of marital competence to sexual satisfaction: Associations between conflict resolution quality, forgiveness, attachment, and sexual satisfaction
Sexual satisfaction is a complex construct that is affected by many diverse factors. Without a comprehensive framework guiding their work, scholars and practitioners who work with married couples may inadvertently focus on a single factor affecting sexual satisfaction and subsequently limit the effectiveness of their research and practice. Through discussion and an empirical example, the current study explores how the developmental model of marit…
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: Associations Between Financial Socialization and Romantic Relationship Flourishing in Emerging Adulthood
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…
Associations of mindfulness with adolescent outcomes and sexuality
INTRODUCTION: Using an online survey, we evaluated how adolescent trait and state mindfulness was associated with positive adolescent outcomes in non-sexually active and sexually active adolescents. Additionally, we evaluated a newly developed measure, the Sexual Mindfulness Measure (SMM), with adolescents. METHODS: We asked 2000 U.S. adolescents (half boys/girls; 1/3 low, medium, and high incomes) aged 13-18 (one group 13-15, another 16-18) abou…
Applying the developmental model of marital competence to sexual satisfaction: Associations between conflict resolution quality, forgiveness, attachment, and sexual satisfaction
Sexual satisfaction is a complex construct that is affected by many diverse factors. Without a comprehensive framework guiding their work, scholars and practitioners who work with married couples may inadvertently focus on a single factor affecting sexual satisfaction and subsequently limit the effectiveness of their research and practice. Through discussion and an empirical example, the current study explores how the developmental model of marit…
Predicting marital financial deception in a national sample: A person‐centered approach
The ABC-X’s of Stress among U.S. Emerging Adults during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Relationship Quality, Financial Distress, and Mental Health
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: Financial Deception in Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships
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: Parent Financial Socialization, Locus of Control, and Mental Health in Emerging Adulthood
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 …
Bedtime and the Budget: Longitudinal, Actor–Partner Connections between Sleep Quality and Financial Management Behaviors in Newlywed Couples
Research from the American Psychological Association suggests that approximately 67% of U.S. adults are getting more or less sleep than desired, and over 80% of U.S. adults ages 18-43 are stressed about finances. Cross-sectional evidence suggests that there may be a connection between the two. That is, some cross-sectional research suggests a contemporaneous association between sleep quality and finances. Using two waves of newlywed dyadic data (…
Pornography diversity: A latent class analysis of pornography users in committed relationships
Financial communication as a mediator between financial values and marital outcomes
All’s not fair in love and work: Financial distress, work-family spillover, and relationship satisfaction in newly-married couples
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 …
From Piggy Banks to Significant Others: Associations Between Financial Socialization and Romantic Relationship Flourishing in Emerging Adulthood
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…
Nine Versions of the Parent Financial Socialization Scale: Full, Short, and Minimal Versions for Emerging Adults, Adolescents, and Parents
Confident Commitment: Financial Self-Efficacy’s Indirect Association with Romantic Relationship Flourishing Through Financial Behaviors
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…
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Couples’ Financial Communication Scale: Findings and Implications from Two Large, Diverse Samples
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…
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Military Cultural Competence Intervention for Helping Professionals
Military-connected individuals and families regularly seek services from community-based providers. Thus, helping professionals (e.g., therapists, social workers) need a working knowledge of military culture to develop rapport, tailor services, and effectively treat military-connected clients. This study examines the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of the REACH for Military Cultural Competence mobile application, a conti…
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…
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Perceived Financial Well-Being Scale among Individuals in Diverse Couple Relationships
Examining Separate Financial Behaviors as Predictors of Both Spouses’ Personal Financial Satisfaction Among Different-Gender Couples in Early Marriage
Scholars have primarily relied on an aggregate score of many financial behaviors to predict financial well-being using cross-sectional data from one respondent in a family unit. Although there are benefits to using an aggregate score, it does not reveal which financial behaviors may be most salient. Using cross-sectional and longitudinal, dyadic data from 1,088 different-gender couples in early marriage, we examined both spouses’ reports of five …
The Social‐Ecological Model of Military Family Financial Well‐Being
The social‐ecological model of military family financial well‐being was developed to delineate and depict individual‐, family‐, community‐, military‐ and societal‐level factors that jointly shape these families' financial well‐being. Theoretical frameworks that ground efforts to enhance families' financial well‐being remain underdeveloped but are crucial for informing the work of researchers, helping professionals, and policymakers. To be effecti…
Psychology (20 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (12 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (11 works) · Finance (10 works) · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (7 works)