Autobiographical memory specificity among people with recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 338-344

  Raymaekers, Linsey ^a   Smeets, Tom ^a   Peters, Maarten J V ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Autobiographical memory specificity; Childhood abuse; Depression; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77955981972     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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