'I want it and i want it now': Using a temporal discounting paradigm to examine predictors of consumer impulsivity

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 751-776

  Dittmar, Helga ^a   Bond, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TIME;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78249232658     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712609X484658     Document Type: Article

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