Belief in Unconscious Repressed Memory Persists
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چکیده
On the basis of converging research, we concluded that controversial topic unconscious blockage psychological trauma (i.e., repressed memory) remains very much alive in clinical, legal, and academic contexts. In his commentary, Brewin (this issue, p. 443) conducted a cocitation analysis scholars do not adhere to concept repression. Furthermore, he argued previous survey research did specifically assess Here, present critical evidence runs counter claims. First, inspected found some support notions are closely related another on articles’ similarity. Again, examples endorsing memories. Second, as opposed what reports, recent now exists bears directly people’s beliefs regarding This work reveals large percentages people (e.g., students eye-movement desensitization reprocessing [EMDR] clinicians) endorse The belief memory can continue contribute harmful consequences domains false accusations abuse).
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عنوان ژورنال: Perspectives on Psychological Science
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1745-6916', '1745-6924']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691621990628