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Adaptation and preliminary evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Polish version of the gratitude/awe questionnaire (GrAw-7)

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Pages 37-54 | Received 17 Jul 2022, Accepted 27 Nov 2022, Published online: 15 Dec 2022

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