Attitudes towards credit and finances among college students in China and the United States

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 389-398

  Norvilitis, Jill M ^a   Mao, Yingmei ^b  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

College students; Consumer attitudes; Cross cultural differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84880577335     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2011.645486     Document Type: Article

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