False memories in women with self-reported childhood sexual abuse: An Empirical Study

Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 333-337

  Bremner, J Douglas ^a,b,c   Snobe, Katharine Krause ^a   Kihlstrom, John F ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REPRESSION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0034232097     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00266     Document Type: Article

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