The state of betrayal trauma theory: Reply to McNally - Conceptual issues, and future directions

Memory

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-311

  Freyd, Jennifer J ^a   Deprince, Anne P ^b   Gleaves, David H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPREHENSION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEAR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 34147204598     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210701256514     Document Type: Article

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