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Mearaji,S and Tavakoli Benizi,A . (2025). The Prediction of Social Phobia based on the Abandonment Schema and Rumination among Female University Students. Recent Innovations in Psychology, 3(1), 91-104. doi: 10.22034/rip.2025.495860.1077
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Mearaji,S , and Tavakoli Benizi,A . "The Prediction of Social Phobia based on the Abandonment Schema and Rumination among Female University Students", Recent Innovations in Psychology, 3, 1, 2025, 91-104. doi: 10.22034/rip.2025.495860.1077
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Mearaji S, Tavakoli Benizi A. (2025). 'The Prediction of Social Phobia based on the Abandonment Schema and Rumination among Female University Students', Recent Innovations in Psychology, 3(1), pp. 91-104. doi: 10.22034/rip.2025.495860.1077
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S Mearaji and A Tavakoli Benizi, "The Prediction of Social Phobia based on the Abandonment Schema and Rumination among Female University Students," Recent Innovations in Psychology, 3 1 (2025): 91-104, doi: 10.22034/rip.2025.495860.1077
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Mearaji S, Tavakoli Benizi A. The Prediction of Social Phobia based on the Abandonment Schema and Rumination among Female University Students. Recent Innovations in Psychology. 2025;3(1):91-104 (In Persian). doi: 10.22034/rip.2025.495860.1077
