APS
APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Adults’ Memory for Childhood Trauma
- Kyndra Cleveland
University of California, Davis - Yan Wang
University of California, Davis - Deborah Goldfarb
Florida International University - Lauren Gonzalves
University of California, Davis - Yuerui Wu
Shanghai University - Daisy Vidales
University of California, Davis - Gail Goodman
University of California, Davis
Abstract
We determined the accuracy of adults’ long-term memory for maltreatment experienced in childhood. In the 1990s, children were involved in documented maltreatment investigations. Twenty-years later, they were interviewed. Child age predicted memory accuracy. Also, males (vs. females) more often denied or omitted the sexual abuse allegations. “Lost memory” also occurred.
Memory
