A Study on the Mediating Effect of Attitude on the Relationship between Past Behaviour, Hopeless, Financial Literacy, Anxiety, and Intention to Invest in Stock Market
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- 10.2991/978-94-6463-374-0_64How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Financial literacy; past behaviour; intention to invest; attitude; hopeless; stock market
- Abstract
Investment avenues are many, however, investors are cautious about investing in stock markets. Many factors influence their decision to invest in stock markets. This study captures the relationship between factors such as financial literacy, anxiety, hopelessness and past behaviour and intent to invest. A questionnaire was developed using items adopted from the standardised questionnaire. A convenience sampling method was used to collect the data. The data were collected from investors in Chennai. Past behaviour and anxiety were, directly and indirectly, influencing the intent to invest. Financial literacy and hopelessness were partially mediated by attitude. This implies that social exertion may be a factor in why Indian investors invest primarily in the stock market. Financial literacy has a significant effect on the attitude. To reduce hopelessness and Anxiety, financial literacy plays an important role. Educating the investors is crucial to changing the mindset and relieving anxiety and hopelessness among Indian investors.
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TY - CONF AU - J. Reeves Wesley AU - V. Geethapriya AU - G. Keerthivasan PY - 2024 DA - 2024/02/20 TI - A Study on the Mediating Effect of Attitude on the Relationship between Past Behaviour, Hopeless, Financial Literacy, Anxiety, and Intention to Invest in Stock Market BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Reinventing Business Practices, Start-ups and Sustainability (ICRBSS 2023) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 757 EP - 765 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-374-0_64 DO - 10.2991/978-94-6463-374-0_64 ID - Wesley2024 ER -