Information learned from socialization agents: Its relationship to credit card use

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-367

  Pinto, Mary Beth ^a   Parente, Diane H ^a   Mansfield, Phylis M ^a  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Credit card use; Credit education; Socialization; Socialization agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247676149     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X04274113     Document Type: Article

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