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Trauma, memory, and suggestibility in children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1998

MITCHELL L. EISEN  and
GAIL S. GOODMAN
MITCHELL L. EISEN
Affiliation:
California State University, Los Angeles; and University of California, Davis
GAIL S. GOODMAN
Affiliation:
California State University, Los Angeles; and University of California, Davis
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Abstract

In this review we examine factors hypothesized to affect children's memory for traumatic events. Theoretical ideas on the processing and remembering of trauma are presented and critiqued. We review research on how psychopathology may generally influence and dissociation and posttraumatic stress disorder may specifically influence children's memory and suggestibility. The special case of child maltreatment is addressed as it relates to interviewing children about traumatic life experiences. Throughout we draw on current developmental, cognitive, social, and clinical theory and research. The review covers a controversial and exciting area of psychological inquiry.

Type
Research Article
Information
Development and Psychopathology , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 1998 , pp. 717 - 738
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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