Memory in the Hall of Mirrors: The Experience of "Retractors" in Psychotherapy

Comments on Joseph de Rivera's "The Construction of False Memory Syndrome: The Experience of Retractors" (1997 [see abstract 9816044]). Several limitations in de Rivera's methodology are discussed, & susceptibility to false memories is explored in terms of a stress-diathesis...

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Published in:Psychological inquiry 1997-01, Vol.8 (4), p.307-312
Main Authors: Lynn, Steven Jay, Stafford, Jane, Malinoski, Peter, Pintar, Judith
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult Children
Child Sexual Abuse
Commentaries
False memory
Hypnosis
Hypnotherapy
Memory
Methodological Problems
Narrative history
Narrative modes
Psychotherapy
Reliability
Repression (Defense Mechanism)
Retractors
Self
Sleep paralysis
Social Constructionism
Victims
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Summary:Comments on Joseph de Rivera's "The Construction of False Memory Syndrome: The Experience of Retractors" (1997 [see abstract 9816044]). Several limitations in de Rivera's methodology are discussed, & susceptibility to false memories is explored in terms of a stress-diathesis model, including factors such as interrogative suggestibility, hypnotizability, fantasy proneness, & sleep paralysis. It is argued that false memory induction is possible with less invasive methods than those described by de Rivera. Results of a previously published study by Malinoski & Lynn (1995, 1996) are summarized in support of this argument, & an outline for the creation of a false abuse history in therapy is presented. 20 References. J. Ferrari
ISSN:1047-840X
1532-7965
DOI:10.1207/s15327965pli0804_6