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Pokhrel, P., Bradford Brown, B., Moran, M.B. et al. Comments on Adolescent Peer Crowd Affiliation: A Response to Cross and Fletcher (2009). J Youth Adolescence 39, 213–216 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-009-9454-4

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