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Reliability and Validity of the Spanish Version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–Adolescent (MMPI–A)

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Pages 26-32 | Received 20 Nov 2008, Accepted 15 Apr 2010, Published online: 22 Dec 2010

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