Validity and reliability of a financial strain survey

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 11-19

  Aldana, Steven G ^a   Liljenquist, Wendy ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial problems; Insolvency; Personal financial behavior; Stress; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748318305     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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