@article{ref1,
title="Suppression and memory for childhood traumatic events: trauma symptoms and non-disclosure",
journal="Topics in cognitive science",
year="2023",
author="Wu, Yuerui and Hartman, Dana and Wang, Yan and Goldfarb, Deborah and Goodman, Gail S.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Self-reported lost memory of child sexual abuse (CSA) can be mistaken for &quot;repressed memory.&quot; Based on our longitudinal studies of memory and disclosure in child maltreatment victims who are now adults, we discuss findings relevant to &quot;repressed memory cases.&quot; We examined relations between self-report of temporarily lost memory of CSA (subjective forgetting) and memory accuracy for maltreatment-related experiences (objective memory). Across two studies involving separate samples, we find evidence for memory suppression rather than repression: (1) Most adults who claimed temporary lost memory of CSA reported memory suppression and clarified that they could have remembered the event if asked; (2) subjective forgetting was positively associated with accurate objective memory for maltreatment-related experiences. Subjective forgetting was also related to increased adult trauma symptoms and related to childhood non-disclosure of CSA. Moreover, trauma-related psychopathology mediated the relation between non-disclosure and subjective forgetting. Implications for psychological theory and repressed memory cases are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1756-8765",
doi="10.1111/tops.12667",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tops.12667"
}