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London, B., Macdonald, J. & Inman, E. Invited Reflection: Rejection Sensitivity as a Social-Cognitive Model of Minority Stress. Arch Sex Behav 49, 2281–2286 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01675-1
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