False recognition in women reporting recovered memories of sexual abuse

Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-31

  Clancy, Susan A ^a   Schacter, Daniel L ^a   McNally, Richard J ^a,c   Pitman, Roger K ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION;

EID: 0033760944     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00210     Document Type: Article

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