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SPECIAL SECTION: PERSONALITY PATHOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN YOUTH: GUEST EDITORS: ROBERT D. LATZMAN AND LIZE VERBEKE

Evaluating Measures of Externalizing Personality Pathology Traits in Black and White American Adolescents in a Program for at-Risk Youths

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Pages 508-519 | Received 31 Jul 2021, Accepted 02 May 2022, Published online: 09 Jun 2022

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