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

The Relations between Narrative Identity and Personality Pathology among Clinical Adolescents: Findings from a Multi-Ethnic Asian Sample

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Pages 463-474 | Received 18 Dec 2020, Accepted 02 Mar 2023, Published online: 24 Mar 2023

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