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Financial Stress, Social Supports, Gender, and Anxiety During College

A Stress-Buffering Perspective

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ID8913687
AuthorsAlisia G T T Tran (0000-0002-3212-2315, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, corresponding author), Christina K Lam (0000-0003-1082-4778, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA), Eric Legg (0000-0002-3575-1053, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA)
Year2018
Volume46
Issue7
Pages846-869
Publication date2018-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Counseling Psychologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-0000 • E-ISSN: 1552-3861
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0011000018806687
OpenAlexW2899287124
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited41

In this study, we examined financial stress and general anxiety in college students ( N = 304) with attention to the moderating roles of different types of social support (i.e., family support, social support) and gender, as assessed via moderated moderation. Results indicated that financial stress was moderately-to-strongly associated with symptoms of general anxiety. A three-way interaction revealed that perceived family support and gender were moderators of financial stress in relation to general anxiety. Consistent with a stress-buffering effect, for male college students financial strain was positively associated with general anxiety at low levels of perceived family support, but unrelated at high levels of family support. For female college students, a significant financial stress–anxiety link was present regardless of level of family support. This study highlights the potential mental health costs of financial stress faced by college students, with implications for tailoring mental health interventions that target financial stress

Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Mental health · Moderation · Perspective (graphical · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Social support · Stress (linguistics · Clinical Psychology · Finance · Health disparities and outcomes · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year1
Citation span2005 - 2025 (21)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 21
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