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The reciprocal relations among self-compassion, posttraumatic stress disorder, and posttraumatic growth among adolescents after the Jiuzhaigou earthquake: a three-wave cross-lagged study

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Pages 634-642 | Received 13 Jan 2022, Accepted 30 Nov 2022, Published online: 10 Apr 2023

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