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Family meals and behavioral development: The role of feeding strategies and mealtime emotional climate. 家庭聚餐与行为发展：喂养策略和用餐时情绪气候的作用。

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-19 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001430

Bharathi J Zvara, Lauren Altenburger, Sarah A Keim, Rebecca Andridge, Sarah E Anderson

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Coming out to parents/caregivers: Qualitatively investigating sexual and gender minority adults' reflections on less-validating responses. 向父母/照顾者出柜：定性地调查性和性别少数成年人对不太有效的回应的反映。

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-29 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001477

Mathena A Abramson, Nicole D Cardona, Kathryn A Davis, Elizabeth H Eustis, Martha C Tompson, Kristin A Long

{"title":"Coming out to parents/caregivers: Qualitatively investigating sexual and gender minority adults' reflections on less-validating responses.","authors":"Mathena A Abramson, Nicole D Cardona, Kathryn A Davis, Elizabeth H Eustis, Martha C Tompson, Kristin A Long","doi":"10.1037/fam0001477","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001477","url":null,"abstract":"Sexual and gender minority (SGM) emerging adults develop their identities within family contexts. Identity disclosure or \"coming out\" is an important part of this process. By better understanding how parents'/caregivers' responses-particularly less-validating responses-are received by SGM emerging adults, we may better support young adults and their family members during the coming out process and beyond. This qualitative study investigates SGM emerging adults' perspectives on coming out to their parents/caregivers by (a) characterizing less-validating experiences and (b) elucidating the processes through which parent/caregiver responses lead to SGM emerging adults' feelings of invalidation and influence the relationship over time. SGM emerging adults (N = 24) from across the United States were interviewed about their experiences coming out to parents/caregivers. Qualitative data were systematically coded and examined using applied thematic analysis. Less-validating responses were characterized by parents'/caregivers' verbal and nonverbal expressions of emotions like sadness, frustration, and disapproval with the identity and SGM emerging adults' perceptions of disregard for their preferred timeline for coming out. These perceptions led SGM emerging adults to feel that their own feelings and preferences were decentered, and instead, that parents'/caregivers' feelings and perceptions were the focus. Less-validating responses led to decreased closeness and sharing within the parent/caregiver-child relationship in the short term. However, relationship dynamics changed over time as this new identity information was incorporated by parents/caregivers. Together, findings suggest that fostering emotion regulation, communication skills, and education on SGM identities within families may be important for supporting SGM emerging adults and their families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1051-1060"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148346875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Changes in parent-grandparent relationship quality and links with parents' distress throughout the transition to parenthood. 在过渡到为人父母的过程中，父母与祖父母关系质量的变化及其与父母痛苦的联系。

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-08-03 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001522

Gaby J van den Hurk, Sanne B Geeraerts, Marjolein A Missler, Paul A Boelen, Susan Branje

{"title":"Changes in parent-grandparent relationship quality and links with parents' distress throughout the transition to parenthood.","authors":"Gaby J van den Hurk, Sanne B Geeraerts, Marjolein A Missler, Paul A Boelen, Susan Branje","doi":"10.1037/fam0001522","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001522","url":null,"abstract":"The transition to parenthood marks an important turning point for parent-grandparent dyads, as parents' needs for grandparental support increase and grounds for both emotional closeness and conflict arise. Guided by a life-course perspective, this study investigated changes in parent-perceived emotional closeness and conflict between parents and grandparents throughout the transition to parenthood, as well as linkages with parental symptoms of anxiety and depression. Longitudinal biannual questionnaire data of 385 Dutch first-time parents (37.9% male) covering several years before and after the birth of a first child were analyzed using piecewise latent growth models. The results indicated an average decrease in emotional closeness and no change in conflict posttransition, which differed significantly from the stability in emotional closeness and decline in conflict found pretransition. On average, mothers and fathers did not differ in their perceptions of parent-grandparent relationships, and the associations between relationship quality and symptoms of distress were mostly evident at intercept. After the transition, parents who reported less decrease in closeness with grandparents tended to experience a stronger decrease in depressive symptoms, but not anxiety symptoms. These findings were interpreted in the context of parental expectations, gender norms, individual variability, and methodological limitations. Future studies should examine the temporal ordering of the changing dynamics between parents and grandparents during this key life transition. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1117-1127"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148664743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How spousal, friend, and family ties predict health: Within- and between-person effects across 16 years. 配偶、朋友和家庭关系如何预测健康：16年来人与人之间的影响。

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-25 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001482

M Rosie Shrout, MiKaila J Leonard, Rasheedah Adisa, Terri L Orbuch, TeKisha M Rice Wallace, Melissa M Franks, Arthur Aron

{"title":"How spousal, friend, and family ties predict health: Within- and between-person effects across 16 years.","authors":"M Rosie Shrout, MiKaila J Leonard, Rasheedah Adisa, Terri L Orbuch, TeKisha M Rice Wallace, Melissa M Franks, Arthur Aron","doi":"10.1037/fam0001482","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001482","url":null,"abstract":"Relationships with spouses, family, and friends influence health, yet their effects are often assessed separately. Relationship quality fluctuates over time, and while some couples effectively navigate these ups and downs, others may experience stress and strain. Guided by dyadic stress and support frameworks, we examined how positive and negative spousal, friend, and family ties contribute to subjective health within and across the first 16 years of marriage. We took a within-person approach to examine how ties beyond couples' marriages protect or wear on health, particularly in the years with more marital troubles. Both partners from 373 newlywed couples (199 Black American and 174 White American couples) participated in a longitudinal study and completed questionnaires in Years 1, 3, 7, and 16 of marriage. Dyadic multilevel models showed those with greater spousal responsiveness, lower marital distress, and lower family tension had better subjective health. Husbands' greater family support and lower family tension did not compensate for the negative health effects of low spousal responsiveness, but spousal responsiveness compensated for husbands' less supportive or more tense families. For wives, the combination of both lower spousal responsiveness and family support predicted poorer subjective health, on average, meanwhile wives reported the best health in the years with both more spousal responsiveness and family support. Thus, husbands' spousal ties were more health protective than family ties, whereas wives' health was connected to both spousal and family ties-for better or worse. These findings illustrate gendered health effects in the early to middle years of marriage. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1160-1172"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13308156/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148319941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Eating together, thriving together: Using common fate modeling to understand youth well-being. 共食共荣：用共同命运模型理解青年幸福。

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-07-13 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001512

Mengyun Chen, Nicole M Froidevaux, Sunhye Bai, Jennifer P Agans

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Mood reactivity to daily family stressors among transgender and nonbinary parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19大流行期间跨性别和非二元父母对日常家庭压力源的情绪反应

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2026-10-01 Epub Date: 2026-08-13 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001535

Shixin Fang, Samantha L Tornello, Damon E Jones

{"title":"Mood reactivity to daily family stressors among transgender and nonbinary parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Shixin Fang, Samantha L Tornello, Damon E Jones","doi":"10.1037/fam0001535","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001535","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) parents due to long-standing disparities and disruptions in gender-affirming care. Heightened stress related to stigmatized gender identity during the pandemic may have generalized to additional stressors in their daily family life, such as parental stress and interparental conflict, which in turn may predict TGNB parents' daily mood. However, little is known about how identity-based stigma relates to TGNB parents' daily mood responses to family stressors. Using daily diary methods, this study examined whether parental stress and interparental conflict were associated with parental negative mood at both the between-person and within-person levels during the pandemic and whether lifetime gender identity microaggression exposure moderated mood reactivity to these family stressors. Data were drawn from 79 TGNB parents (Mage = 40.61, SD = 9.35; 85.90% White) in the United States who completed a baseline assessment and an 8-day follow-up daily diary survey from May to June 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Multilevel modeling results showed that both family stressors were associated with parental negative mood at the between-person and within-person levels. Within-person associations were contemporaneous only, with no evidence of prospective next-day effects. Cross-level interactions revealed that lifetime gender identity microaggression exposure attenuated the mood reactivity to interparental conflicts, such that interparental conflict only predicted daily increases in parental negative mood for TGNB parents with lower to moderate lifetime exposure to gender identity microaggressions. These findings identify daily family stress processes as potential intervention targets to support TGNB-parent families' well-being during public health crises. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1029-1038"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13475001/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148762685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Stress pathways to harsh verbal discipline: Understanding parental distress in families of children with disabilities. 压力导致严厉的言语管教：理解残疾儿童家庭中父母的痛苦。

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2026-09-17 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001540

Cao Fang, Jun-Hong Chen, Sinko Wang, Melissa Jonson-Reid

{"title":"Stress pathways to harsh verbal discipline: Understanding parental distress in families of children with disabilities.","authors":"Cao Fang, Jun-Hong Chen, Sinko Wang, Melissa Jonson-Reid","doi":"10.1037/fam0001540","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001540","url":null,"abstract":"Parents raising children with disabilities often face substantial challenges, such as systemic barriers, unmet support needs, and social exclusion, that may elevate psychological distress and undermine parenting, yet longitudinal evidence on mechanisms linking disability-related caregiving contexts to harsh verbal discipline remains limited. Using data from the 2019-2021 U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics Child Development Supplement (N = 993 children aged 0-17 years and their primary caregivers), this study examined whether parental psychological distress mediates the association between child disability and subsequent verbal scolding/threats. Inverse probability weighting and temporally ordered generalized structural equation modeling were applied. Child disability was significantly associated with higher parental distress (incidence rate ratio = 1.25, p < .01), which in turn predicted more frequent verbal scolding/threats (incidence rate ratio = 1.04, p < .05). The direct association between disability and scolding was not significant, but the indirect pathway through distress was significant (incidence rate ratio = 1.01, p < .05), with sensitivity analyses indicating this pathway was most pronounced for children with multiple disabilities and for boys. Findings suggest that parental distress is a statistically significant pathway linking disability-related caregiving to harsh verbal discipline and that supporting caregiver mental health may help promote positive parenting in these families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148991984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Longitudinal interplay of prosocial behavior and multiple interpersonal relationships among Chinese children in grades 3-6. 3 ~ 6年级中国儿童亲社会行为与多重人际关系的纵向相互作用

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2026-09-14 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001528

Mingshu Chen, Ruibo Xie, Yu Zhang, Yue Chen, Wenhao Yang, Wan Ding

{"title":"Longitudinal interplay of prosocial behavior and multiple interpersonal relationships among Chinese children in grades 3-6.","authors":"Mingshu Chen, Ruibo Xie, Yu Zhang, Yue Chen, Wenhao Yang, Wan Ding","doi":"10.1037/fam0001528","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001528","url":null,"abstract":"This four-wave longitudinal study examined bidirectional links between prosocial behavior and family, peer, and teacher-student relationships among Chinese children in Grades 3-6 (N = 762; Mage = 8.56, SD = 0.56; 62.2% boys). A random-intercept cross-lagged panel model revealed significant within-person dynamic interactions: a sustained reciprocal enhancement spiral between prosocial behavior and peer relationships (Wave 1-Wave 4) and an early positive feedback loop with family relationships (Wave 1-Wave 3). A critical socialization phase emerged at Grade 4 (Wave 2), when peer relationships positively predicted subsequent family relationships (β = 0.153), prosocial behavior (β = 0.141), and teacher-student relationships (β = 0.110). Family and school interpersonal relationships also facilitated each other. These findings delineate person-environment interactions in social development, extending developmental resource theories and proposing a multisystem interpersonal environment model to inform collaborative family-school interventions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148971068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Joint religious practices and couple relationship quality in daily life: A strong relationality lens. 日常生活中的联合宗教实践与夫妻关系质量：一个强关系镜头。

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2026-09-10 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001538

Rachel J Munk, Adam M Galovan, McKenna D Fey, Nathan D Leonhardt

{"title":"Joint religious practices and couple relationship quality in daily life: A strong relationality lens.","authors":"Rachel J Munk, Adam M Galovan, McKenna D Fey, Nathan D Leonhardt","doi":"10.1037/fam0001538","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001538","url":null,"abstract":"Couples who engage in religious practices often report higher relationship quality, yet the processes linking such practices to relational outcomes remain unclear. Guided by the strong relationality model (SRM), we examined whether joint religious practices were associated with relationship satisfaction and relational connectivity through moral elevation and responsible actions. Study 1 analyzed cross-sectional dyadic data from 501 U.S. and Canadian couples (N = 1,002; ages 18-89 years, M = 46.29), and Study 2 analyzed a 7-day diary subsample of 116 couples (N = 232; 1,282 person days; ages 18-81 years, M = 45). Both studies excluded couples in which neither partner reported religiosity or joint religious practices, representing 18.5% of the Study 1 parent sample; included couples had shared and mixed religious affiliations. In Study 1, joint religious practices were indirectly associated with satisfaction (β = .24) and connectivity (β = .19), primarily through moral elevation and responsible actions (βs = .12-.17). Moral elevation was more strongly associated with satisfaction, whereas responsible actions were positively associated with both outcomes. In Study 2, on days couples engaged in more joint religious practices than usual, partners reported greater connectivity (β = .41) but lower satisfaction (β = -.11). Daily indirect associations were positive for both outcomes (βs = .07), primarily through responsible actions. Across studies, joint religious practices were linked with relational outcomes through responsible actions and moral elevation, although associations with satisfaction varied across timescales. Findings suggest that joint religious practices may support relationship functioning through responsible actions, while links with satisfaction are more complex. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148931722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"Family is a really complicated word for me": Adopted adults reflect on adoptive family distancing. “家庭对我来说是一个非常复杂的词”：被收养的成年人反思收养家庭的距离。

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Journal of Family Psychology Pub Date : 2026-09-10 DOI: 10.1037/fam0001536

Jae-In Kim, Rebecca Randall, Marcus Jasmin, Sloan Nova, Amy Kobus, Meggin Nam Holtz, Kafi Nsenkyire, Tatia Haywood, Amanda L Baden

{"title":"\"Family is a really complicated word for me\": Adopted adults reflect on adoptive family distancing.","authors":"Jae-In Kim, Rebecca Randall, Marcus Jasmin, Sloan Nova, Amy Kobus, Meggin Nam Holtz, Kafi Nsenkyire, Tatia Haywood, Amanda L Baden","doi":"10.1037/fam0001536","DOIUrl":"10.1037/fam0001536","url":null,"abstract":"Adoption promises the adopted person a forever family, but research suggests that family distancing is more common among adoptive families than biological families (Hartnett et al., 2018). Despite these findings, adoption studies largely overlook family distancing. Therefore, we integrate the family distancing literature from communication studies and family studies with a critical adoption studies lens to explore how adopted individuals experience family distancing from their adoptive parents. For the present study we used semistructured focus group interviews to capture how adopted individuals experience family distancing. We conducted seven focus groups comprising adopted individuals (n = 49) from a variety of adoption backgrounds (e.g., domestic and international adoption, same-race and transracial adoption, and majority located in the United States). We analyzed the data using codebook-style thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2021) and developed six themes that capture how adopted individuals understand family distancing, reflect on the precursors to family distancing, and experience living with family distancing: (a) family distancing as communication, (b) contested family narratives, (c) reassessment and reevaluation of relationships, (d) fractures in the forever family, (e) wrestling with distance, and (f) building a life with familial distance. Together, these findings emphasize the complexity and nuance in how adopted individuals engage in family distancing, come to the decision to distance, and experience life with familial distance. This research suggests that researchers, clinicians, and policy makers need to contend with personal and societal expectations related to family distancing and adoption. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48381,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148931746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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