Linking Identity Processes to Spending Self-Control Capacities in Emerging Adulthood: The Mediating Role of Self-Regulatory Identity Functions

Becoming financially independent requires financial capabilities, such as capacities to control spending, and prior research suggests that identity may play a role in developing such capacities. This cross-sectional study sought to investigate how identity formation is related to spending self-control through the mediating role of self-regulatory identity functions. Participants were 481 Lithuanian students (40% employed; 57.8% women; M age =...