Remembering and forgetting childhood sexual abuse

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1-19

  Fivush, Robyn ^a   Edwards, Valerie J ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Memory; Narratives; Recovered memories

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEMORY; PHENOMENOLOGY; RECALL;

ADULT; AGED; ANECDOTES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCEST; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 4644370780     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v13n02_01     Document Type: Article

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