Coping with a natural disaster: Losses, emotions, and impulsive and compulsive buying

Marketing Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-60

  Sneath, Julie Z ^a   Lacey, Russell ^b   Kennett Hensel, Pamela A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Compulsive buying; Coping; Depression; Impulsive buying; Life event theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149496026     PISSN: 09230645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11002-008-9049-y     Document Type: Article

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