Episode 105: Stages of Financial Behavior Change

Ever wondered why it can be so difficult to change your financial habits? In this episode of Making Cents of Money, join our hosts and special guest, Emily Harmon, Illinois Extension Family Life Educator, as they delve into the Transtheoretical Model to help explain why behavior change relating to finances can be challenging. Show Notes Links: Ep. 23, Money Personalities & Financial Well-being: https://blogs.uofi.uillinois.edu/view/7550/303401558 Illinois Extension. All My Money, What’s Important to Me? Activity. https://extension.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/all_my_money_values_activity.pdf Money Harmony Personalities Quiz by Olivia Mellan: https://moneyharmony.com/moneyharmony-quiz/ Klontz Money Scripts Inventory (KMSI-R): https://www.bradklontz.com/moneyscriptstest Publications on the Klontz Money Scripts Inventory: Klontz, B., Britt, S. L., Mentzer, J., & Klontz, T. (2011). Money beliefs and financial behaviors: Development of the Klontz Money Script Inventory. Journal of Financial Therapy, 2(1), 1. Klontz, B., Britt, S. L., Archuleta, K. L., & Klontz, T. (2012). Disordered money behaviors: Development of the Klontz money behavior inventory. Journal of Financial Therapy, 3(1), 2. Taylor, C. D., Klontz, B., & Britt, S. L. (2016). Reliability and convergent validity of the Klontz Money Script Inventory-revised (KMSI-R). Journal of Financial therapy, 6(2), 2.