Materialism among adolescents in urban China

Young Consumers

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 64-77

  Chan, Kara ^a   Zhang, Hongxia ^b   Wang, Iris ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitude surveys; China; Materiality; Parents; Television; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993088463     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473610610701510     Document Type: Article

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