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Research Article

Rumination mediates the relationships of fear and guilt to posttraumatic stress disorder and posttraumatic growth among adolescents after the Ya’an earthquake

La rumiación media las relaciones de miedo y culpa con el trastorno de estrés postraumático y el crecimiento postraumático entre los adolescentes después del terremoto de Ya’an

害怕和内疚对青少年创伤后应激障碍和创伤后成长的影响:侵入型反刍和主动反刍的中介作用

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Article: 1704993 | Received 16 Jul 2019, Accepted 02 Dec 2019, Published online: 10 Jan 2020

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