Materialism, perceived financial problems, and marital satisfaction

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 260-281

  Dean, Lukas R ^a   Carroll, Jason S ^b   Yang, Chongming ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Financial distress; Financial problems; Image; Income; Marital dissolution; Marital quality; Marital satisfaction; Materialism; Money; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249138509     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X06296625     Document Type: Article

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