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Research Article

Adverse life events, area socio-economic disadvantage, and adolescent psychopathology: The role of closeness to grandparents in moderating the effect of contextual stress

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Pages 402-412 | Received 05 Nov 2009, Accepted 02 Feb 2010, Published online: 28 Jul 2010

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