Clinical characteristics of adults reporting repressed, recovered, or continuous memories of childhood sexual abuse

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Richard J McNallySusan A Clancy

Abstract

The authors assessed women and men who either reported continuous memories of their childhood sexual abuse (CSA, n = 92), reported recovering memories of CSA (n = 38), reported believing they harbored repressed memories of CSA (n = 42), or reported never having been sexually abused (n = 36). Men and women were indistinguishable on all clinical and psychometric measures. The 3 groups that reported abuse scored similarly on measures of anxiety, depression, dissociation, and absorption. These groups also scored higher than the control group. Inconsistent with betrayal trauma theory, recovered memory participants were not more likely to report abuse by a parent or stepparent than were continuous memory participants. Rates of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder did not differ between the continuous and recovered memory groups.

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Apr 25, 2007·Memory·Richard J McNally
May 21, 2013·Journal of Child Sexual Abuse·Molly R Wolf, Thomas H Nochajski
Mar 5, 2016·Journal of Child Sexual Abuse·Charlotte Gagnier, Delphine Collin-Vézina
Sep 7, 2007·Mayo Clinic Proceedings·Richard J McNally
Oct 24, 2008·Child Abuse & Neglect·Paul RohdeBelinda H Operskalski
Aug 8, 2006·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·Richard J McNally
Oct 19, 2006·Journal of Anxiety Disorders·Richard J McNally
May 21, 2015·Journal of Traumatic Stress·Lisa J Cohen, David Brody
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Nov 5, 2013·Journal of Affective Disorders·Thorsten BarnhoferJ Mark G Williams
Mar 1, 2009·Perspectives on Psychological Science : a Journal of the Association for Psychological Science·Richard J McNally, Elke Geraerts
Oct 5, 2019·Perspectives on Psychological Science : a Journal of the Association for Psychological Science·Henry OtgaarElizabeth F Loftus

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