Relationship of credit attitude and debt to self-esteem and locus of control in college-age consumers

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 3 II, 2004, Pages 1405-1418

  Pinto, Mary Beth ^a   Mansfield, Phylis M ^a   Parente, Diane H ^a  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 4644281113     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.3c.1405-1418     Document Type: Review

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