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Original research article

Music-oriented parent counseling to promote improvement in level of parental stress, quality of life and the use of music in everyday life among parents of children with autism: A mixed-methods randomized controlled study

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Pages 397-422 | Received 10 Feb 2021, Accepted 15 Sep 2022, Published online: 03 Nov 2022

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