This study examines the impact of saving and future-oriented financial behaviors on young adults’ well-being. Using two-timed longitudinal data (N=748) collected both prior to and during the economic crisis, we tested and confirmed a psychological process model (i.e., financial...

The purpose of this study is to examine associations among financial education, financial knowledge, and risky credit behavior of college students. Using data from a sample of first-year college students, we found evidence that taking personal finance courses in high school and college is...

This paper reexamines the psychological process underlying the relationship between customer satisfaction and customer retention in a relational service context. It is based on a composite model of the attitude-behavior relation, which takes both attitude toward target and attitude toward...

This study examined concurrent and prospective associations of financial stress (financial strain, lack of financial access, public assistance) and parenting support factors (relationship quality, living at home, financial support) with young adults’ alcohol behaviors (alcohol use, heavy...

This paper reports the results of a cross-national study spanning England, New Zealand and the United States. A total of 496 first year undergraduates studying business or social science completed a 20-item questionnaire. This focused on their attitudes to their debt incurred while studying, as...

Access to foreign markets is increasingly critical to the U.S. as global competition increases. Past efforts by the U.S. to penetrate the Japanese market have often focused on overcoming formal trade barriers including tariffs, quotas, and product standards. Although this form of intervention...

This study examines the role of fruit in Japanese snacking behavior. Rather than relying on conventional consumer demographic- and product attribute-based segmentation methods, this study explores an alternative segmentation method, situational segmentation. The study uses repeated-measure...

This research demonstrates the importance of situational influence on Japanese fruit consumption by delineating a situationally defined market structure for a broadly defined array of gifts including fruits. This is done by characterizing 18 gifts with respect to pertinent situational factors...