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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Can You Sleep? – Effect of Retrospective Recall of Child Maltreatment on Sleep Parameters and the Mediating Role of Psychological Distress Among Students of Two German Universities

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Pages 1299-1310 | Published online: 18 Jul 2022

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