Individual factors associated with buying addiction: An empirical study

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 511-525

  Rodríguez Villarino, Rafael ^a   González Lorenzo, Manuel ^b   Fernández González, Ángel ^b   Lameiras Fernández, María ^b   Foltz, Marika L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Addictive behaviors; Buying addiction; Compulsive buying; Coping; Emotional distress; Psychological addictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750448967     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350500527979     Document Type: Article

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