This study aims to determine the relationship between financial management behaviour, stress management and life satisfaction among married working women in Selangor. A total of 180 respondents were obtained using a multi-stage cluster random sampling technique. Financial Management Behaviour Scale (Xiao & Dew, 2011) was used to measure financial management behaviour, whereas Stressometer® (Vohra et. al., 2019) and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen & Griffin, 1985) were used to measure stress management and life satisfaction respectively. In this study, financial management behaviour was found to be correlated with life satisfaction while stress management has a negative relationship with life satisfaction. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyse the relative strength of the independent variables in predicting married working women’s life satisfaction. Financial management behaviour and stress were found to be significant predictors of life satisfaction among married working women. This study concluded that financial management behaviour and stress management were important in influencing the level of married working women’s life satisfaction. Understanding the impact of financial management behaviour and stress management towards life satisfaction among married working women helped to increase the possibility of working women becoming more satisfied in their life.
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