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ggles with the aftermath of shocking cases of past sex- ual abuse of children. Alleged perpetrators in these cases involve such prominent figures as Michigan State athletic physician Larry Nassar. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Den- nis Hastert, and Penn State University football coach Jerry San-

d the most important compo- nents of the stressful event, leading to enhanced memory for those components but weaker memory for peripheral details (Christianson, 1992). Forgetting and ermrs still occur. but they typically do so to a lesser extent than for memory of less nega- tive events, even in children (C