Effects of guided imagery on memory distortion in women reporting recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 559-569

  Clancy, Susan A ^a   McNally, Richard J ^a   Schacter, Daniel L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; False memory; Recovered memory; Repression; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; IMAGINATION; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0033392909     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024704815234     Document Type: Article

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