Emotional and Behavioral Problems Among Impoverished Kenyan Youth: Factor Structure and Sex-Differences
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0882-2689,1573-3505
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-014-9419-0