Correction: Internalizing symptoms and family functioning predict adolescent depressive symptoms during COVID-19: A longitudinal study in a community sample.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9858759 | biostudies-literature | 2023
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Correction: Internalizing symptoms and family functioning predict adolescent depressive symptoms during COVID-19: A longitudinal study in a community sample.
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