Family unpredictability, future discounting, and risk taking

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1381-1396

  Hill, Elizabeth M ^a   Jenkins, Jessica ^a   Farmer, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Family functioning; Family process; Family unpredictability; Future discounting; Gender; Impulsivity; Monetary delay discounting; Risk taking; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349147841     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2006.12.081     Document Type: Article

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