Materialism and money spending disposition as predictors of economic and personality variables

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-436

  Troisi, Jordan D ^a,c   Christopher, Andrew N ^a   Marek, Pam ^b  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 34347230182     PISSN: 15277143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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