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Protective Factors & Resilience Internationally

Investigating the Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Resilience: A Study of Undergraduate Students in Turkey

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Pages 1204-1221 | Received 28 Aug 2019, Accepted 21 Jan 2020, Published online: 11 Feb 2020

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