Financial help-seeking behavior: Theory and implications

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-25

  Grable, John E ^a   Joo, So hyun ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Financial counseling; Financial problems; Help seeking; Personal financial behavior; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878277816     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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