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Empirical Papers

Child-therapist and parent-therapist alliances and outcome in the treatment of children with oppositional defiant/conduct disorder

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Pages 468-481 | Received 19 Aug 2022, Accepted 11 Oct 2022, Published online: 28 Oct 2022

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