Compulsive Buying Tendencies of Adolescent Consumers.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- d'Astous, Alain; Maltais, Julie; Roberge, Caroline
- Source
- Advances in Consumer Research. 1990, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p306-312. 7p. 5 Charts.
- Subject
- *CONSUMER behavior
*FAMILIES & economics
TEENAGERS
COMPULSIVE behavior
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
- Language
- ISSN
- 0098-9258
Based on the results of a qualitative study and a review of the relevant literature, research hypotheses pertaining to adolescent consumers' tendencies to buy compulsively are presented. The results of a survey of 394 adolescents support most of the hypotheses and show that teen-agers' compulsive buying tendencies are influenced by both personal and environmental factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]