False memory for trauma-related Deese-Roediger-McDermott lists in adolescents and adults with histories of child sexual abuse

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 423-438

  Goodman, Gail S ^a   Ogle, Christin M ^b   Block, Stephanie D ^c   Harris, Latonya S ^c   Larson, Rakel P ^d   Augusti, Else Marie ^e   Cho, Young Il ^f   Beber, Jonathan ^a   Timmer, Susan ^a   Urquiza, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79956068906     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579411000150     Document Type: Article

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