Compulsive buying behavior and its relationship to perceived social status associated with buying, materialism, self-esteem, and apparel-product involvement

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-314

  Yurchisin, Jennifer ^a   Johnson, Kim K P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparel product involvement; Compulsive buying behavior; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649016126     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X03261178     Document Type: Article

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