Interpersonal influence and adolescent materialism and compulsive buying

Social Influence

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-131

  Roberts, James A ^a   Manolis, Chris ^b   Tanner Jr , John F ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Compulsive buying; Interpersonal influence; Materialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149101082     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510802185687     Document Type: Article

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