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Jing Jian Xiao

Highest Degree:
Ph.D. from Oregon State University in 1991

Teaching interests:
family financial issues, family resource management, personal finance, consumer protection, research method. Click here to find courses I am currently teaching.

Research interests:
Family economic behavior and policies, consumer financial behaviors, financial behaviors of young adults, consumer behavior in credit counseling, money and quality of life, evaluation on financial education programs, sustainable consumer behavior, and Chinese consumers and families.

Outreach Services:
Board member of National Consumer League.

Special Administrative or Professional Roles:
Editor of Journal of Family and Economic Issues; Editor of International Series on Consumer Science; Editorial board member of Journal of Consumer Affairs, Financial Counseling and Planning, Journal of Personal Finance, Journal of Consumer Education, and International Journal of Human Ecology.

Selected Publications (1995 to present):

Xiao, J. J., Newman, B. M., Prochaska, J. M., Leon, B., Bassett, R., & Johnson, J. L. (2004). Applying the transtheoretical model of change to debt reducing behavior. Financial Counseling and Planning, 15(2), 89-100.

Xi, J., Sun, Y., & Xiao, J. J. (eds.) (2006). Chinese youth in transition. Hampshire, England: Ashgate.

Xiao, J. J., Sorhaindo, B., & Garman, E. T. (2006). Financial behavior of consumers in credit counseling. International Journal of Consumer Studies. 30(2), 108-121.

Thums, S. L., Newman, B. M., & Xiao, J. J. (2008). Credit card debt reduction and development stages of the lifespan. Journal of Personal Finance, 6(2-3), 86-107.

Xiao, J. J., Tang, C., & Shim, S. (2008). Acting for happiness: Financial behavior and life satisfaction of college students. Social Indicator Research. Online first.

Xiao, J. J., & Wu, J. (2008). Completing debt management program: An application of the theory of planned behavior. Financial Counseling and Planning. Forthcoming.

Xiao, J. J. (2008). (ed.). Handbook of consumer finance research. New York: Springer.

Xiao, J. J., & Ying, B. (2008). Sustainable consumption in China: Role of Chinese consumers. In M. O'Donoghue (ed.). Global sustainable development: A challenge for consumer citizens. (Ebook). Lucerne, Switzerland: IFHE.

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