@article{ref1,
title="People believe it is plausible to have forgotten memories of childhood sexual abuse",
journal="Psychonomic bulletin and review",
year="2007",
author="Rubin, David C. and Berntsen, Dorthe",
volume="14",
number="4",
pages="776-778",
abstract="Pezdek, Blandon-Gitlin, and Gabbay (2006) found that perceptions of the plausibility of events increase the likelihood that imagination may induce false memories of those events. Using a survey conducted by Gallup, we asked a large sample of the general population how plausible it would be for a person with longstanding emotional problems and a need for psychotherapy to be a victim of childhood sexual abuse, even though the person could not remember the abuse. Only 18% indicated that it was implausible or very implausible, whereas 67% indicated that such an occurrence was either plausible or very plausible. Combined with Pezdek et al.s' findings, and counter to their conclusions, our findings imply that there is a substantial danger of inducing false memories of childhood sexual abuse through imagination in psychotherapy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1069-9384",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}