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The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Adult Monetary Behaviors

Michaels, Patricia C
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3295-8833
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1531941674153599

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2018, Psy. D., Antioch University, Antioch Santa Barbara: Clinical Psychology.
Financial stressors such as unemployment and unexpected expenses are difficult for the general population, but for adults who experienced an adverse childhood, financial stressors may have a serious negative impact on their motivation, well-being, and interpersonal relationships. In addition, life stress may lead people with adverse childhood experiences to exhibit dysfunctional money behaviors. The primary hypothesis of this study is that adults who had adverse childhood experiences, as measured by the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (ACE-Q), will show a positive association between the severity of their childhood adverse experiences and the extent of dysfunctional money behaviors they report, as measured by the Klontz-Money Behavior Inventory (K-MBI). Out of 187 random participants in this research project, the average number of adverse childhood experiences was 2.11 out of a possible 10. Using the Pearson Correlations, the K-MBI's scales as related to the total number of ACE-Q items statistically varied in significance from the weak to the moderate range. Future researchers in this area are encouraged to stratify those people who had four or more adverse childhood experiences to allow these potentially causal dysfunctional money behaviors to show their dominance. This Dissertation is available in Open Access at AURA: Antioch University Repository and Archive, http://aura.antioch.edu and Proquest database and adds some of the dissertations listed there to PsycINFO.
Ron Pilato, Psy.D. (Committee Chair)
Daniel Schwartz, Ph.D. (Committee Co-Chair)
Granoff Tom, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
100 p.
Clinical Psychology; Cognitive Therapy; Counseling Psychology; Finance; Mental Health; Psychological Tests; Psychology; Psychotherapy
Adverse Childhood Experiences; ACE; Klontz-Money Behavior Inventory; K-MBI; child abuse; child trauma; financial stress; money issues; well-being; depression, anxiety; dysfunctional money behaviors; money behaviors are diagnostic

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  • Michaels, P. C. (2018). The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Adult Monetary Behaviors [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1531941674153599

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Michaels, Patricia. The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Adult Monetary Behaviors. 2018. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1531941674153599.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Michaels, Patricia. "The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Adult Monetary Behaviors." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1531941674153599

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