Walters, Sierra (Utah State University)
Faculty Advisor: Lee, Yoon (Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services, Human Development and Family Studies Department); Johnson, Alena (Emma Jones College of Education & Human Services, Human Development and Family Studies Department)
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between student financial well-being and student life management skills. College is often the first experience individuals have living on their own and manage their own finances. If I can gather data and information regarding the financial understanding, habits, and confidence of students, as a university we can better cater to their financial needs. I will examine through non-experiential survey results how financial well-being such as financial attitudes, habits, behaviors, and knowledge of Utah State University students relate to their life management skills. This survey takes place on the Qualtrics platform. It is anticipated that the data will assess the financial well-being of Utah State Students and the relationship it has on their overall life management. As this study is not the first of its kind, it is exclusively focused on Utah State University. I am confident that this project will provide valuable and useful data for the university. Administrators and faculty members will be able to use this data to further assist the USU student population to develop healthy financial habits, learn management skills such as stress management and health management, and achieve academic success. I am currently in the data accumulation phase of my research. The survey will be closing mid-November, 2019. I will begin data analysis from that point to have the results prepared and ready to present come December 2019.