Assessing Exposure to Violence Using Multiple Informants: Application of Hierarchical Linear Model
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0021-9630,1469-7610
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00692