Remembering and Forgetting Childhood Sexual Abuse

Memory

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 703-724

  Joslyn, Susan ^a   Carlin, Linda ^a   Loftus, Elizabeth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031262656     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/741941550     Document Type: Article

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