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Effects of Covid-19 Emergency and Associated Lockdown Policies on the Normative Expectations for the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) and the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS)

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Pages 448-458 | Received 23 Oct 2022, Accepted 19 Nov 2023, Published online: 12 Dec 2023

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