Changes in health, negative financial events, and financial distress/financial well-being for debt management program clients

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 46-63

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

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c InCharge Education Foundation ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Credit counseling clients; Financial counseling; Financial distress; Financial well being; Health status

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951151532     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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