Handbook on Sensitive Practice for Health Care Practitioners: Lessons from Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candice L. Schachter ◽  
Carol A. Stalker ◽  
Eli Teram ◽  
Gerri C. Lasiuk ◽  
Alanna Danilkewich
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Adult Survivors ◽  
Health Care Practitioners

Factor analysis of DES scores among adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse in therapy

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven N. Gold ◽  
Cheri Hansen ◽  
Janine M. Swingle ◽  
Erica L. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Adult Survivors

Forgetting of Trauma Cues in Adults Reporting Continuous or Recovered Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 336-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. McNally ◽  
Carel S. Ristuccia ◽  
Carol A. Perlman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Divided Attention ◽  
Adult Survivors ◽  
Memory Deficits ◽  
Recovered Memory ◽  
Recovered Memories ◽  
Betrayal Trauma ◽  
History Of ◽  
Memory Group

According to betrayal trauma theory, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) who were molested by their caretakers (e.g., a father) are especially likely to dissociate (“repress”) their memories of abuse. Testing college students, some reporting CSA, DePrince and Freyd (2004) found that those scoring high on a dissociation questionnaire exhibited memory deficits for trauma words when they viewed these words under divided-attention conditions. Replicating DePrince and Freyd's procedure, we tested for memory deficits for trauma words relative to neutral words in adults reporting either continuous or recovered memories of CSA versus adults denying a history of CSA. A memory deficit for trauma words under divided attention was expected in the recovered-memory group. Results were inconsistent with this prediction, as all three groups exhibited better recall of trauma words than neutral words, irrespective of encoding conditions.

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