TY - JOUR
T1 - Characteristics of previously forgotten memories of sexual abuse
T2 - A descriptive study
AU - Roe, C. M.
AU - Schwartz, M. F.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The present study is a first attempt to describe what people remember when they initially recall childhood sexual abuse after a period of self- reported amnesia for that abuse. Subjects were 52 white women who had previously been hospitalized for treatment of sexual trauma. Participants completed a questionnaire that inquired about their first suspicions of having been sexually abused, their first memories of sexual abuse, other memories of abuse, and details of their abuse history. Participants were more likely to recall part of an abuse episode, as opposed to an entire abuse episode, following a period of no memory of the abuse. Additionally, first memories tended to be described as vivid rather than vague. Descriptive statistics are used to present and summarize additional findings.
AB - The present study is a first attempt to describe what people remember when they initially recall childhood sexual abuse after a period of self- reported amnesia for that abuse. Subjects were 52 white women who had previously been hospitalized for treatment of sexual trauma. Participants completed a questionnaire that inquired about their first suspicions of having been sexually abused, their first memories of sexual abuse, other memories of abuse, and details of their abuse history. Participants were more likely to recall part of an abuse episode, as opposed to an entire abuse episode, following a period of no memory of the abuse. Additionally, first memories tended to be described as vivid rather than vague. Descriptive statistics are used to present and summarize additional findings.
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U2 - 10.1177/009318539602400204
DO - 10.1177/009318539602400204
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030512990
SN - 0093-1853
VL - 24
SP - 189
EP - 206
JO - Journal of Psychiatry and Law
JF - Journal of Psychiatry and Law
IS - 2
ER -