Antecedents of materialism and compulsive buying: A life course study in Australia

Australasian Marketing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 247-256

  Weaver, S Todd ^a   Moschis, George P ^b   Davis, Teresa ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compulsive buying; Life course model; Materialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052085108     PISSN: 14413582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ausmj.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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