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Clinical Research Article

Do dysfunctional posttraumatic cognitions play a mediating role in trauma adjustment? Findings from interpersonal and accidental trauma samples of children and adolescents

¿Las cogniciones postraumáticas disfuncionales desempeñan un papel mediador en el ajuste del trauma? Hallazgos en muestras de niños y adolescentes con traumas interpersonales y accidentales

功能失调的创伤后认知在创伤适应中起中介作用吗?来自儿童和青少年的人际和意外创伤样本的结果

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Article: 1596508 | Received 05 Nov 2018, Accepted 09 Mar 2019, Published online: 16 Apr 2019

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