Stress, gender and compulsive buying among early adolescents

Young Consumers

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-123

  Roberts, James A ^a   Roberts, Camille ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Compulsive buying; Consumer behaviour; Coping; Gender; Stress; Young consumers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992989129     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473611211233440     Document Type: Article

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