Materialism and attitudes toward money: An exploratory investigation

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-117

  Christopher, Andrew N ^a   Marek, Pam ^b   Carroll, Stephen M ^c  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Anderson University South Carolina   (United States)

^c SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE   (United States)

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