Buying behavior, social support and credit card indebtedness of college students

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-10

  Wang, Jeff ^a   Xiao, Jing J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

College student; Compulsive buying; Credit card; Debt; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955851785     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2008.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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