Child maltreatment and memory

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2010, Pages 325-351

  Goodman, Gail S ^a   Quas, Jodi A ^b   Ogle, Christin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Child sexual abuse; Emotion regulation; Eyewitness memory; Memory development; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EMOTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77449150207     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.093008.100403     Document Type: Article

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