Compulsive consumption tendencies among television shoppers

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 463-488

  Lee, Seung Hee ^a   Lennon, Sharron J ^b   Rudd, Nancy A ^b  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038393303     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X00284003     Document Type: Article

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