Young adults' financial well-being: current insights and future directions

Journal article


Long She, Hassam Waheed, Weng Marc Lim and Sahar E-Vahdati 2022. Young adults' financial well-being: current insights and future directions. International Journal of Bank Marketing. pp. 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbm-04-2022-0147
AuthorsLong She, Hassam Waheed, Weng Marc Lim and Sahar E-Vahdati
Abstract

Purpose
Financial well-being among young adults is an emerging and important field of research. This study aims to shed light on the current insights and future directions for young adults’ financial well-being research.

Design/methodology/approach
A systematic review was performed using (1) the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses protocol to curate the corpus and (2) the bibliometric-content analysis technique to review that corpus on young adults’ financial well-being research.

Findings
Young adults’ financial well-being is influenced by contextual factors such as changes in macroeconomic environment, market factors, technological advancement and financial social comparisons, as well as personal factors such as sociodemographics, personality traits and values, skills and attitudes, financial practices, financial socialization, lifestyles and early life experiences, and subjective financial situation and mental health. Noteworthily, interest in this field is growing with a plethora of journals, countries, authors, theories, methods and measures.

Research limitations/implications
Several noteworthy gaps exist in the literature on young adults’ financial well-being, which include the lack of international collaboration, the lack of interventions to improve young adults’ financial well-being, the limited range of theoretical lenses, the limited consensus on measuring young adults’ financial well-being, the limited understanding of contextual factors, and the inconsistencies between personal factors and young adults’ financial well-being. Potential ways forward are proposed to address these gaps.

Originality/value
This review contributes to a seminal synthesis of young adults’ financial well-being research, providing both retrospective insights and prospective ways forward.

Keywordsbibliometric analysis ; financial wellbeing ; systematic review
Year2022
JournalInternational Journal of Bank Marketing
Journal citationpp. 1-36
PublisherEmerald
ISSN0265-2323
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbm-04-2022-0147
Web address (URL)https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-04-2022-0147
Output statusPublished
Publication dates02 Dec 2022
Publication process dates
Accepted30 Oct 2022
Deposited15 Dec 2022
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