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Children’s Knowledge of CSA

Children’s Knowledge of Abuse Questionnaires (CKAQ)-Short: Two Brief Ten-Item Measures of Knowledge about Child Sexual Abuse Concepts

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Pages 513-530 | Received 08 Aug 2019, Accepted 23 Oct 2019, Published online: 21 Nov 2019

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