Prevalence of compulsive buying among customers of a Parisian general store

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-46

  Lejoyeux, Michel ^a   Mathieu, Karine ^a   Embouazza, Houcine ^a   Huet, Françoise ^a   Lequen, Valérie ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE BUYING; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILE PHONE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMERCE; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 37849189302     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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