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Family resilience and problem behaviours in Chinese preschool children: the chain mediating role of maternal parenting stress and parenting self-efficacy

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Pages 335-349 | Received 19 Jun 2023, Accepted 27 Aug 2023, Published online: 09 Nov 2023

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