TY - JOUR
T1 - The Financial Well-Being Scale
T2 - Reliability, Validity, and Clinical Correlates Among Childhood Trauma Survivors
AU - Huang, Chak Hei Ocean
AU - Leung, Rachel Hoi Laam
AU - Sit, Ka Yan
AU - Tsui, Tsz Ying Nathalie
AU - Wong, Janet Yuen Ha
AU - Fung, Hong Wang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Purpose: This study examined the reliability, validity, and clinical correlates of the financial well-being as measured using the CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale (FWBS) among Chinese childhood trauma survivors. Methods: The sample consisted of childhood trauma survivors in a survey project (n = 151), with a subsample at follow-up approximately 5 months after baseline (n = 71). Participants first completed validated screening measures of financial well-being and mental health symptoms at baseline (T1), and then reported their symptoms again at follow-up (T2). Results: Financial well-being is reliably and validly measured using the FWBS in this sample. T1 financial well-being significantly predicted disturbances in self-organization (β = −.238, p =.01) and depressive symptoms (β = −.239, p <.01) at T2. Discussion: Financial well-being is a reliable and valid construct in this sample. Financial well-being predicted psychological symptoms among childhood trauma survivors. Trauma care services should take financial well-being into consideration.
AB - Purpose: This study examined the reliability, validity, and clinical correlates of the financial well-being as measured using the CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale (FWBS) among Chinese childhood trauma survivors. Methods: The sample consisted of childhood trauma survivors in a survey project (n = 151), with a subsample at follow-up approximately 5 months after baseline (n = 71). Participants first completed validated screening measures of financial well-being and mental health symptoms at baseline (T1), and then reported their symptoms again at follow-up (T2). Results: Financial well-being is reliably and validly measured using the FWBS in this sample. T1 financial well-being significantly predicted disturbances in self-organization (β = −.238, p =.01) and depressive symptoms (β = −.239, p <.01) at T2. Discussion: Financial well-being is a reliable and valid construct in this sample. Financial well-being predicted psychological symptoms among childhood trauma survivors. Trauma care services should take financial well-being into consideration.
KW - childhood trauma
KW - complex PTSD
KW - depression
KW - Financial well-being
KW - posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85215127181&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/10497315241312889
DO - 10.1177/10497315241312889
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85215127181
SN - 1049-7315
JO - Research on Social Work Practice
JF - Research on Social Work Practice
ER -
