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Major Article

Psychological pain: A moderating factor between personality psychopathology and self-harm

, M.A.ORCID Icon & , Ph.D.
Pages 1436-1444 | Received 09 Oct 2020, Accepted 25 Apr 2021, Published online: 16 Jun 2021

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