“…In addition, the mediator role of the proximal outcomes was in most cases only assumed rather than empirically investigated (Gudmunson & Danes, 2011). More so, in recent years, researchers recognized that identity formation in the domain of personal finances, which is not addressed in FFS model (Gudmunson & Danes, 2011), is also an important part of financial capabilities and a potential mediator between parental financial socialization and emerging adults’ financial behaviors (Bosch, Serido, Card, Shim, & Barber, 2016; Shim, Serido, Bosch, & Tang, 2013; Sorgente, Lanz, Serido, & Shim, 2018).…”