Values, materialism, and well-being: A study with Turkish university students

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 624-633

  Karabati, Serdar ^a   Cemalcilar, Zeynep ^b  

^a ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Materialism; Subjective well being; University students; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955049773     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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