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Research Article

The ties that bind: mediating the connection between perceived parental support/monitoring and perceived peer delinquency with two forms of antisocial cognition

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Pages 165-183 | Received 02 Oct 2022, Accepted 16 Feb 2023, Published online: 27 Feb 2023

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