Relationships among credit counseling clients' financial wellbeing, financial behaviors, financial stressor events, and health

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-87

  Kim, Jinhee ^a   Garman, E Thomas ^b   Sorhaindo, Benoit ^c  

^a Dept of Family Studies ^*  (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c InCharge Education Foundation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Credit counseling; Financial well being; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748333620     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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