Materialism and social comparison among adolescents

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-228

  Chan, Kara ^a   Prendergast, Gerard ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cognitive development; Consumer socialization; Group and interpersonal processes; Materialism; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247261951     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.2.213     Document Type: Article

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