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A validation study of the Dutch Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form: factor structure, reliability, and
Brett D Thombs1, David P Bernstein, Jill Lobbestael
1Department of Psychiatry, McGill University - Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Child Abuse & Neglect
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