Building Hopefulness Through Financial Education and Coaching.

ABSTRACT: Financial behaviors play an important role in promoting or reducing financial stability and may have an impact on health outcomes, in general. Hope theory is a framework applicable to promoting behavior change, including financial behavior change. This article describes the hope promoting components of a novel financial education and coaching program and the significant improvement in hopefulness demonstrated by women who participate in the program, as measured in the Finances First randomized controlled trial.

SUBMITTER: White N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7781061 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature