Thesis:

Effectiveness of financial literacy and financial training and occupational self-esteem / and sports for senior students of Sabzevar city

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of financial literacy and financial education on career/academic self-esteem and financial anxiety of senior students in Sabzevar. The present study was applied in terms of purpose and semi-experimental in terms of methodology and in the form of a pre-test-post-test design with a control and experimental group. The statistical population of the study included all senior students in Sabzevar who were studying at the senior level in the academic year 2024-2025. Due to the dropout of 3 subjects, the statistical sample of the present study included 34 senior students in Sabzevar (17 in the experimental group and 17 in the control group). The sampling method was convenience. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Questionnaire (1956) and Archuleta et al. (2013) Financial Anxiety Questionnaire were used to collect data. Data analysis was performed using analysis of covariance in SPSS software. The results of the study showed that financial literacy and financial education are effective on occupational/academic self-esteem and financial anxiety (P<0.05). Accordingly, financial literacy and financial education lead to a reduction in financial anxiety and an increase in occupational/academic self-esteem.

Keywords: Financial literacy, self-esteem, financial anxiety