Clinical characteristics of adults reporting repressed, recovered, or continuous memories of childhood sexual abuse

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-242

  McNally, Richard J ^a   Perlman, Carol A ^a   Ristuccia, Carel S ^a   Clancy, Susan A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Betrayal trauma theory; Dissociation; Repressed memory; Sexual abuse; Traumatic amnesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; RECALL; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33744456484     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.74.2.237     Document Type: Article

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