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Ageing and Wellbeing

Emotion dysregulation in older people: validity and reliability of an 8-item version of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale

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Pages 360-368 | Received 17 Apr 2023, Accepted 11 Sep 2023, Published online: 28 Sep 2023

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