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Clinical Research Article

The German PCL-5: evaluating structural validity in a large-scale sample of the general German population

El PCL-5 alemán: evaluación de la validez estructural en una muestra a gran escala de la población general alemana

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Article: 2317055 | Received 13 Jul 2023, Accepted 19 Jan 2024, Published online: 21 Feb 2024

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