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Original Articles

Childhood Sexual Abuse and Fear of Abandonment Moderate the Relation of Intimate Partner Violence to Severity of Dissociation

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Pages 9-24 | Received 12 Mar 2016, Accepted 17 Dec 2016, Published online: 06 Mar 2017

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