[[alternative]]The Money Attitudes of Junior High School Students in Taipei

[[abstract]]The purposes of this study are to explore the money attitudes of junior high school students in Taipei, and the related effects from the view of family. This study used a questionnaire survey method and judgmental sampling. Samples were drawn from first, second, and third grade students of junior high schools located in Taipei, including sixteen classes (n=480). The instruments of this study included “junior high school students’ money attitudes scale”, “parents’ money rearing scale“, “personal background data”. The major results can be drawn as follows： 1.「Power-prestige」dimension Participants didn’t prone to view money as the symbol of power-prestige. Participants who have no saving habits, with more allowances, and often been reared with money by parents prone to view money as the symbol of power-prestige. 2.「Budget」dimension Participants have a tendency to use money carefully. Participants who have saving habits, and have better conscious of family’s economic situation have a tendency to use money carefully. This study also finds in the budget dimension, that it seems more suitable to discuss how to use money than the amount of allowances. 3.「Distrust」dimension The variables in distrust dimension are very weak. Only in the saving variables, participants who have no saving habits tend to be doubtful and hesitant about money. 4.「Anxiety」dimension There is no obvious tendency toward anxiety among participants. The result of two-way ANOVA (gender and grade) suggested that the interaction effect had significant difference. Further, in the simple main effects found second grade boys were more anxious than second grade girls and second grade boys were more anxious than first grade boys. Participants who have no saving habits, had more allowances, and often been reared with money by parents prone to be anxious about money. 5.「Quality」dimension There was no obvious tendency to quality among participants. The result of two-way ANOVA (gender and grade) suggested that the interaction effect had significant difference. Further, in the simple main effects found second grade boys more emphasized the quality of things than second grade girls. If participants have no saving habits, with more allowances, have better conscious of family’s economic situation, and often been reared with money by parents, then these kinds of participants more emphasize the quality of things.