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Original Articles

Does parental warmth buffer the relationship between parent-to-child physical and verbal aggression and adolescent behavioural and emotional adjustment?

Pages 366-387 | Received 15 Sep 2018, Accepted 02 May 2019, Published online: 15 May 2019

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