InCharge financial distress/financial well-being scale: Development, administration, and score interpretation

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-50

  Prawitz, Aimee D ^a   Garman, E Thomas ^b   Sorhaindo, Benoit ^c   O'Neill, Barbara ^d   Kim, Jinhee ^e   Drentea, Patricia ^f  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c InCharge Education Foundation ^*  (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic stress; Financial distress; Financial stress; Financial well being; Personal finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249133986     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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