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Gender Specific Research: Women

Testing Posttraumatic Stress as a Mediator of Childhood Trauma and Adult Intimate Partner Violence Victimization

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Pages 792-811 | Received 29 Mar 2011, Accepted 06 Nov 2011, Published online: 17 Oct 2012

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