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Original Articles

The role of psychological mechanisms to insomnia in its early phase: A focus on arousal, distress, and sleep-related beliefs

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Pages 691-705 | Received 27 Mar 2006, Accepted 27 Feb 2007, Published online: 11 Jul 2008

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