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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

The Relationship of Parent-Child Technoference and Child Problematic Smartphone Use: The Roles of Parent-Child Relationship, Negative Parenting Styles, and Children’s Gender

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Pages 2067-2081 | Received 23 Dec 2023, Accepted 23 Apr 2024, Published online: 01 Jul 2024

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