Self-control and credit-card use among college students

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 3 II, 2003, Pages 1067-1078

  Mansfield, Phylis M ^a   Pinto, Mary Beth ^a   Parente, Diane H ^a  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ADULT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS;

EID: 0642281961     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.92.3.1067-1078     Document Type: Article

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