The relation of general and specific locus of control to intertemporal monetary choice

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1233-1242

  Plunkett, Helen R ^a   Buehner, Marc J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Financial planning; Impulsive behaviour; Intertemporal choice; Locus of control

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947158066     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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