Compulsive buying: Does it matter how it's measured?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 555-576

  Manolis, Chris ^a   Roberts, James A ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compulsive buying; Consumer behavior; Obsessive compulsive; Psychometrics; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749129672     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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