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children about the CSA than supportive mothers do or fail to legitimate their children's al- legations, long-term memory may be adversely affected (Goodman, Quas, Battentran-Faunce, Riddlesberger, & Kuhn, 1994; Haden, Mayne, & Fivush, 1997). Furthermore, individ- uals abused by an emotionally close care

l touching, rape, oral sex, or intercourse (completed or attempted acts) that occurred before age 18 and with a person more than 4 years older (see Goodman et al.. 2003). Of the 103 individuals (2.3 males, 80 females) who completed all portions of Phase 3, 7 said they were never abused (although 3 of

er better memory. Further- more, compared with females, males may be less likely to dis- close CSA (e.g., Finkelhor, Hotaling, Lewis, & Smith, 1990; Widom & Morris, 1997; but see Goodman et al., 2003) and may have less detailed autobiographical memories about emotional events (Davis, 1999). If males are hesita

l adjustment following CSA disclosure (Everson. Hunter. Runyan, Edelson's. & Coulter, 1989; Sas, 1993), to their memory for stressful experiences (Goodman. Quas, Batterman-Faunce, Riddlesberger. & Kuhn. 1994), and to their maintenance of allegations across interviews (Bradley & Wood. 1996; Rieser, 199

rch suggests that compared with females, males are less likely to disclose (e.g., DeVoe & Faller, 1999; Finkelhor, Hotel- lag. Lewis. & Smith. 1990; Widom & Morris. 1997). Williams and Banyard (1997) uncovered significant gender differences when they compared disclosure in Williams's ( 1994a) sample of women w

y, including of child sexual abuse (Goodman et al., 2003), and predict adults' sus- ceptibility to false suggestion (Howe & Knott, 2015; Qin, Ogle, & Goodman, 2008). There are factors, however, that guard against false childhood recollections (e.g., Pezdek, Finger, & Hodge, 1997). Relatively strong memo

nted genital contact, the question of how accurately adults remember such experiences has gone largely unanswered (hut see Alexander et al., 2005; Widom & Morris, 1997; Williams, 1994). To shed light on this issue, we analyzed adults' memories for verified childhood genital contact after an 18-to-20-year de