Predictors of shopping online were compared for men and women using a sample of 365 college students. For the men, the only predictor of purchasing products online was the number of hours they spent online. For women, the predictors of making purchases online included anxiety about using...

In a sample of 72 undergraduate students at a university, purchasing textbooks online was predicted by possession of computer/Internet skills, having a retentive attitude towards money and dissatisfaction with the university bookstore.

This study explored predictors of credit card debt and foreclosure rates in the states of the USA, based on the average personality scores of the residents of the states obtained from an Internet questionnaire completed by 619 397 residents (Rentfrow <italic>et al.,</italic> 2008). It was found that states whose...