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Chinese college teachers’ work-family conflict and their preschool children’s problem behaviors: the mediating effects of parental phubbing and children’s problematic media use

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Pages 478-491 | Received 23 Jan 2024, Accepted 05 Mar 2024, Published online: 21 Mar 2024

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