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Original Articles

Stressful life events and problematic smartphone usage among Chinese boarding-school adolescents: a moderated mediation model of peer support and depressive symptoms

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Pages 493-500 | Received 13 May 2019, Accepted 11 Nov 2019, Published online: 13 Dec 2019

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