Handbook of Consumer Finance Research

I. Concept and Theories of Consumer Finance.- Consumer Financial Capability and Well-Being.- Risk Tolerance.- Retirement Savings.- Advancing Financial Literacy Education Using a Framework for Evaluation.- Financial Socialization.- Financial Therapy.- Financial Counseling and Financial Health.- Financial Coaching: Defining an Emerging Field.- Conducting Research in Financial Planning.- Financial Social Work.- II. Consumer Finances of Special Populations.- Financial Literacy and Financial Education in High School.- Financial Knowledge and Financial Education of College Students.- Financial Issues of Older Adults.- Consumer Finance of Low Income Families.- Business-owning Families: Challenges at the Intersection of Business and Family.- Financial Issues of Women.- Financial Issues of Hispanic Americans.- Financial Issues of African Americans.- Financial issues of Asian Americans.- Financial Issues of Workers.- Military Personal Finance Research.- III. Consumer Finance in Various Settings.- Consumer Financial Issues in Healthcare.- Revisiting Financial Issues and Marriage.- Financial Parenting: Promoting Financial Self-Reliance of Young Consumers.- Consumer Credit Regulation.- Consumer Bankruptcy.- Online Shopping.- Financial Sustainability and Personal Finance Education.

Dr. Jing Jian Xiao is Professor of Family Finance in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at University of Rhode Island, teaching courses and conducting research in consumer economics and personal finance. He edited and contributed to books such as The Mathematics of Personal Finance and Handbook of Consumer Finance Research. He is the editor-in-chief of Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning,the official research journal of Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. He serves on editorial boards of International Journal of Bank Marketing, Journal of Consumer Affairs, Journal of Consumer Education, and Journal of Personal Finance. He is also editing a book series entitled International Series on Consumer Science. He served as the president of American Council on Consumer Interests, president of Asian Consumer and Family Economics Association, the board member of National Consumer League, among others. He served as consultant and guest speaker for several financial literacy projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Treasury and National Endowment for Financial Education. He has been invited to give lectures on consumer financial behavior research in China, Japan, South Korea, and other countries. He received his Ph.D. in consumer economics from Oregon State University and M.S. and B.S. in economics from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.