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Original Articles

The Relationship Between Emotion Dysregulation and Deliberate Self‐Harm Among Female Undergraduate Students at an Urban Commuter University

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Pages 14-25 | Received 10 Apr 2007, Accepted 19 Nov 2007, Published online: 25 Mar 2008

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