Locus of control and home mortgage loan behaviour

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-129

  Wang, Mingji ^a   Chen, Hong ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial behaviour; Home mortgage loan; Locus of control; Personality debt relation

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS;

ACCOUNTING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHARACTER; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 41549137456     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590801888760     Document Type: Article

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