Debt out of control: The links between self-control, compulsive buying, and real debts

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 141-149

  Achtziger, Anja ^a   Hubert, Marco ^a   Kenning, Peter ^a,b   Raab, Gerhard ^c   Reisch, Lucia ^d  

^a ZEPPELIN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Compulsive buying; Consumer debts; Indebtedness factors; Self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930614291     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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