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Original Articles

Cyberbullying among a clinical adolescent sample in Turkey: effects of problematic smartphone use, psychiatric symptoms, and emotion regulation difficulties

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Pages 547-557 | Received 13 Mar 2018, Accepted 01 May 2018, Published online: 17 May 2018

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