Addictive buying: Causes, processes, and symbolic meanings. Thematic analysis of a buying addict's diary

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 408-422

  Ureta, Irene García ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Addiction to buying; Compulsive buying; Personal values; Symbolic consumption; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748982160     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600006673     Document Type: Article

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