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This 6 page paper begins with an introduction to the study identifying independent and dependent variables and comments on the difficulties of validating recovered memories, which are the dependent variable. The paper identifies the target population and the two types of therapeutic approaches that would be used with victims of recovered memories of child sexual abuse. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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recovery of child sexual abuse and the development of posttraumatic stress disorder. The initial literature review suggested support for the hypothesis. Because of the nature of the dependent variable,
there are really no valid or reliable assessment instruments to measure or analyze the validity of recovered memories. Zurbriggen and Blease (2003) reported that very few "data sets concerning memory
for abuse" (p. 113) were available. A person in therapy may suddenly recall an abusive event from childhood they had repressed. The victim of child sexual abuse may even have
a sudden flash of memory in any setting at any time. However, as the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (2006) wrote: "Some of our memories are true, some are a mixture
of fact and fantasy, and some are false." Memories can be distorted through many different influences on the person (False Memory Syndrome Foundation, 2006). Should such a revelation occur,
the only way it would be able to be validated would be through people who witnessed the incident, someone the child told at the time or the admission of other
victims. An article in Science Daily (2007) reported: "Recovered memories are inherently tricky to validate." However, studies have shown that about 40 percent of the reports of recovered memories could
be validated through other means (Science Daily , 2007). An overwhelming majority of victims who recover such memories are women. As adults, the women remembered the crimes under the guidance
of a therapist who might be using hypnosis, guided imagery, dream analysis and even truth serum (Jordan, 2001; Gardner, 2006). Robinson (2001) reported other techniques used to recover repressed memories
include: free association, art therapy, age regression, relaxation training, automatic writing and even past life regression. Some of those memories were not valid patients under the influence of a "misguided
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