Anxious disposition toward cognitive engagement with one’s personal finances, as an implicit phobic reaction to financial stimuli (@shapiro2012)
Negative psychological, emotional, and physiological responses due to insufficient resources to deal with a real or perceived threat to one’s standard of living/finances, as a subdomain of financial distress (@rosso2024)
Psychosocial syndrome that results in someone having an unhealthy attitude toward thinking about, engaging with, or administering their personal financial situation in an effective manner (@grable2015)
@archuleta2013: greater financial satisfaction led to decreased financial anxiety (β*=-0.55), controlling for student loans, other debts, financial knowledge and demographic variables
Outcomes
Financial well-being
@vieira2021: financial anxiety led to decreased financial well-being on both public servants (β=-0.29) and other jobs (β=-0.38)