Recovered memory of childhood sexual trauma: A documented case from a longitudinal study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 301-321

  Duggal, Sunita ^a   Sroufe, L Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Memory loss; Recovered memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL ABUSE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIVORCE; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCEST; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MEMORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031891250     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024403220769     Document Type: Article

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