Financial Literacy, Coping Behaviours, and Personal Payment Strategies Amongst Young Adults in Sweden: A Cross-Sectional Study
(2025) PSYP01 20251Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Over-indebtedness is at an all-time high in Sweden. The purpose of this study was to find relationships between financial literacy, the three coping behaviours: problem-focused, emotion-focused and avoidant, and personal payment strategies. A further aim was to find gender and generational differences in this objective. The study is a cross-sectional survey where the participants (N = 2057) answered questions regarding the study’s variables. The results of the analysis found a significant relationship between financial literacy, problem-focused coping and direct payment. Alongside this, the results revealed a significant relationship between financial illiteracy, avoidant coping, deferred payment strategies and consumer loans. Men were... (More)
- Over-indebtedness is at an all-time high in Sweden. The purpose of this study was to find relationships between financial literacy, the three coping behaviours: problem-focused, emotion-focused and avoidant, and personal payment strategies. A further aim was to find gender and generational differences in this objective. The study is a cross-sectional survey where the participants (N = 2057) answered questions regarding the study’s variables. The results of the analysis found a significant relationship between financial literacy, problem-focused coping and direct payment. Alongside this, the results revealed a significant relationship between financial illiteracy, avoidant coping, deferred payment strategies and consumer loans. Men were more likely to have consumer loans and to choose credit payment, and the millennial generation (25-29) were more likely to use the Buy-Now-Pay-Later-method, partial payment and consumer loans in comparison to Generation Z (18-24). The findings of the present study can bring valuable insights to the psychological aspects of financial behaviour. It also highlights the importance of a financially literate population and the need for extended financial education. (Less)
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- author
- Santérus, Lydia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYP01 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- financial literacy, coping behaviour, payment strategy, consumer loans, gender difference, generational difference
- language
- English
- id
- 9205357
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- 2025-06-30 14:27:57
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- 2025-06-30 14:27:57
@misc{9205357, abstract = {{Over-indebtedness is at an all-time high in Sweden. The purpose of this study was to find relationships between financial literacy, the three coping behaviours: problem-focused, emotion-focused and avoidant, and personal payment strategies. A further aim was to find gender and generational differences in this objective. The study is a cross-sectional survey where the participants (N = 2057) answered questions regarding the study’s variables. The results of the analysis found a significant relationship between financial literacy, problem-focused coping and direct payment. Alongside this, the results revealed a significant relationship between financial illiteracy, avoidant coping, deferred payment strategies and consumer loans. Men were more likely to have consumer loans and to choose credit payment, and the millennial generation (25-29) were more likely to use the Buy-Now-Pay-Later-method, partial payment and consumer loans in comparison to Generation Z (18-24). The findings of the present study can bring valuable insights to the psychological aspects of financial behaviour. It also highlights the importance of a financially literate population and the need for extended financial education.}}, author = {{Santérus, Lydia}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Financial Literacy, Coping Behaviours, and Personal Payment Strategies Amongst Young Adults in Sweden: A Cross-Sectional Study}}, year = {{2025}}, }