• DOI:10.6007/ijarbss/v9-i7/6132
• Corpus ID: 216616702

Financial Influences and Mental Health: An Exploratory Study

@article{Hassan2019FinancialIA,
  title={Financial Influences and Mental Health: An Exploratory Study},
  author={Naffisah Mohd Hassan and Erne Suzila Kassim and Siti Noorsuriani Maon},
  journal={International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences},
  year={2019}
}

• Naffisah Mohd Hassan, E. Kassim, S. Maon
• Published 30 July 2019
• Psychology
• International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

Mental health plays an important role for individuals to have an adequate level of sanity in thinking and making decision. Thus, individuals with mental health problems will be easily disturbed and emotionally weak in coping up with daily issues related to money. While reports have shown the important roles of social support to the society during economic crisis, how a person copes with the changes and their influence to the mental health in Malaysia still requires a better understanding. Therefore, built on the justice theory, the study attempts to examine the roles of financial stress, financial behaviour and financial wellbeing in explaining for one’s ability to be mentally healthy. A total of 423 usable data gathered from working adults were analysed for both the measurement and structural models. The findings indicate significant relationships between the financial stress, wellbeing and behaviour towards mental health. Thus, it could be concluded financial stress, financial behaviour and financial wellbeing are important in determining one’s ability to be able to cope with financial challenges.