Date of Award
1997
Thesis Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Liberal Studies
Advisor(s)
Leslie A. Miller
Second Advisor
Edward Cohen
Abstract
Incest and childhood sexual abuse have been and continue to be a problem in our society. However, Today a relatively new phenomena involving repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse plagues our society. Women, and some men, between the ages of 25 to 40 who have sought therapy for relatively common problems such as marital difficulties, work related problems, eating disorders or simple depression: without ever having any memories of being sexually abused as a child, have come to believe while in therapy that they were the victims of repeated childhood sexual abuse. Thousands of people are remembering such abuse, and this phenomena is affecting the victims, their families, the school system, the legal system, the community, the therapeutic industry, and society in general.
Recommended Citation
Donovan, Alice M., "Repressed Memories of Repeated Sexual Abuse: From Real Incest to the Emergence of False Memories" (1997). Master of Liberal Studies Theses. 111.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/mls/111
Rights Holder
Alice M. Donovan
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