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Research Article

Exploring fear of death and psychosis proneness: positive schizotypy as a function of death anxiety and maladaptive coping

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Pages 35-44 | Received 17 Dec 2021, Accepted 14 Apr 2022, Published online: 08 Jun 2022

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