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Article

Factorial Structure and Nomological Network of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits Accounting for Item Keying Variance

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Pages 312-323 | Received 13 Dec 2019, Accepted 05 Apr 2020, Published online: 04 Jun 2020

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