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False Memory Syndrome and the Retractors: Methodological and Theoretical issues

False Memory Syndrome and the Retractors: Methodological and Theoretical issues COMMENTARIES False Memory Syndrome and the Retractors: Methodological and Theoretical Issues Gisli H. Gudjonsson Department of Psychology Institute of Psychiatry, London In his target article, de Rivera presents a detailed Society (BFMS). I found that 4% of the accusers had analysis of four cases in which accusers of alleged retracted all the accusations and a further 5% had re- childhood sexual abuse (CSA) involving recovered tracted some of the accusations. memories have retracted the accusations against their Second, de Rivera appears to be relying exclusively families. All the retractors are female. The purpose of on the retractors' accounts of events. The therapists the target article is to further our understanding of the were not interviewed because of financial, legal, and processes whereby false accusations occur during a confidentiality issues. I doubt that the retractors were course of therapy and to discuss the nature of the able to give a truly objective and dispassionate account subsequent retraction. De Rivera does this by interview- of the therapeutic process. In addition, other family ing four retractors about their experiences and then members were not interviewed and de Rivera is pre- interpreting their answers according to two alternative sumably relying on the retractors http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychological Inquiry Taylor & Francis

False Memory Syndrome and the Retractors: Methodological and Theoretical issues

Gudjonsson, Gisli H.
Psychological Inquiry , Volume 8 (4): 4 – Dec 1, 1997
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COMMENTARIES False Memory Syndrome and the Retractors: Methodological and Theoretical Issues Gisli H. Gudjonsson Department of Psychology Institute of Psychiatry, London In his target article, de Rivera presents a detailed Society (BFMS). I found that 4% of the accusers had analysis of four cases in which accusers of alleged retracted all the accusations and a further 5% had re- childhood sexual abuse (CSA) involving recovered tracted some of the accusations. memories have retracted the accusations against their Second, de Rivera appears to be relying exclusively families. All the retractors are female. The purpose of on the retractors' accounts of events. The therapists the target article is to further our understanding of the were not interviewed because of financial, legal, and processes whereby false accusations occur during a confidentiality issues. I doubt that the retractors were course of therapy and to discuss the nature of the able to give a truly objective and dispassionate account subsequent retraction. De Rivera does this by interview- of the therapeutic process. In addition, other family ing four retractors about their experiences and then members were not interviewed and de Rivera is pre- interpreting their answers according to two alternative sumably relying on the retractors

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Published: Dec 1, 1997

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