Relationship Between Parental Rejection and Problematic Mobile Phone Use in Chinese University Students: Mediating Roles of Perceived Discrimination and School Engagement.
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SUBMITTER: Zhu J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6411821 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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