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Basic Research Article

Psychometric properties of the Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-8) among refugee adolescents from Afghanistan, Syria, and Somalia

Propiedades psicométricas de la Escala Revisada del Impacto de Eventos en Niños (CRIES-8) en adolescentes refugiados de Afganistán, Siria, y Somalia

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Article: 2349445 | Received 31 Aug 2023, Accepted 24 Apr 2024, Published online: 16 May 2024

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