To take a specific example, a researcher in the Journal of…
““To take a specific example, a researcher in the Journal of Traumatic Stress interviewed 129 women with documented histories of child sexual abuse that occurred between the ages of 10 months and 12 years. Of those, 38 percent had forgotten the abuse. Of the remaining women who remembered, 16 percent reported that they had for a period of time forgotten but subsequently recovered their memories. [46] Thus, during that time a "false negative" recorded for those women. These are the sort of distinctions for which Elaine Showalter in Hystories: Hysterical Epidemics and Modern Media fails to account.””
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
Research highlights that many survivors forget or partially recall past abuse, complicating legal and therapeutic processes.
In simple terms: Abuse memories can be lost or fragmented.
Key Takeaway
Support nuanced trauma care.
Themes
trauma
memory
abuse
psychology
research
Mood
empathetic
serious
Type
Abuse:1
Academic research:1
Child-sexual-abuse:1
Children:0
Epidemics:0
False-memories:1
Feminists:0
Hysterical:0
Hysterics:0
Incest:0
Incestuous:0
Memories:1
Memory:1
Misleading:0
Pseudo-science:0
Pseudoscience:0
Recovered-memory:0
Repressed-memories:0
Repressed-memory:0
Science:1
Sexual abuse:1
Survivors:1
Trauma:1
Traumatic-stress:1
Abuse Occurred:0
Recovered Memories:0
Forgotten Abuse:0
Forgotten Subsequently:0
When to use this quote
- therapy sessions
- court testimony
- support groups
- research design
Key Concepts
clinical psychology
neuroscience
legal studies
Questions to Reflect On
- How can clinicians address fragmented memories?
- What ethical considerations arise in memory research?
A Different Perspective
Memory recovery is not guaranteed and can be distressing.