Beyond "True" and "False" Memories: Remembering and Recovery in the Survival of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 37-54

  Hall, Joanne M ^b   Kondora, Lori L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Delayed recall; Incest; Phenomenology; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Traumatic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRESSION;

EID: 0031157408     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00012272-199706000-00004     Document Type: Article

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