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The Construction of False Memory Syndrome: A Transactional Model

The Construction of False Memory Syndrome: A Transactional Model COMMENTARIES The Construction of False Memory Syndrome: A Transactional Model Harold I. Lief Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry University of Pennsylvania Janet M. Fetkewicz Research Associate False Memory Syndrome Foundation Rivera that one way to understand this process is to The process of developing false memories (also study retractors. De Rivera cites our work with retrac- called pseudomemories or illusory memories) mystifies many mental health workers who cannot imagine how tors, and that study furnishes the data with which we an adult could claim she had been molested by a parent comment on his target article. many years, perhaps decades ago, unless it were true. In addition to the concerns raised by memories re- Why would someone make up stories so horrendous, covered from very early childhood and memories of often involving satanic ritual abuse (SRA), incorporat- SRA, we find another reason for questioning repressed ing satanic symbols, murder, cannibalism, dismember- memory accusations. An increasing number of patients making childhood sexual abuse (CSA) allegations are ment, baby breeding, and sacrifice? When SRA is in- retracting their accusations, claiming the memories that volved, we know ipso facto that the accusations are they had brought forth were illusory. How do we ex- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychological Inquiry Taylor & Francis

The Construction of False Memory Syndrome: A Transactional Model

Lief, Harold I.; Fetkewicz, Janet M.
Psychological Inquiry , Volume 8 (4): 4 – Dec 1, 1997
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COMMENTARIES The Construction of False Memory Syndrome: A Transactional Model Harold I. Lief Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry University of Pennsylvania Janet M. Fetkewicz Research Associate False Memory Syndrome Foundation Rivera that one way to understand this process is to The process of developing false memories (also study retractors. De Rivera cites our work with retrac- called pseudomemories or illusory memories) mystifies many mental health workers who cannot imagine how tors, and that study furnishes the data with which we an adult could claim she had been molested by a parent comment on his target article. many years, perhaps decades ago, unless it were true. In addition to the concerns raised by memories re- Why would someone make up stories so horrendous, covered from very early childhood and memories of often involving satanic ritual abuse (SRA), incorporat- SRA, we find another reason for questioning repressed ing satanic symbols, murder, cannibalism, dismember- memory accusations. An increasing number of patients making childhood sexual abuse (CSA) allegations are ment, baby breeding, and sacrifice? When SRA is in- retracting their accusations, claiming the memories that volved, we know ipso facto that the accusations are they had brought forth were illusory. How do we ex-

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