A compulsive buying case: A qualitative analysis by the grounded theory method

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-249

  Park, Tai Young ^a   Cho, Sung Hui ^a   Seo, Jinsook Helen ^b  

^a Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compulsive buying; Dysfunctional communication; Family therapy; Korea; Parenting; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745310029     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-006-9002-2     Document Type: Article

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