True and false recall and dissociation among maltreated children: The role of self-schema

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 213-232

  Valentino, Kristin ^a,c   Cicchetti, Dante ^a,b   Rogosch, Fred A ^a   Toth, Sheree I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FALSE MEMORY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEGLECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REPRESSION; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; SUGGESTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 38649101895     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579408000102     Document Type: Article

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