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Psychometric properties of the Mother and Father Compulsive Caregiving Scales: a brief measure of current young adult caregiving behaviors toward parents

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Pages 174-191 | Received 27 Sep 2012, Accepted 25 Nov 2013, Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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