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umented and prosecuted GSA to investigate, prospectively, the accuracy of long-term memory of sexual abuse in childhood. Address correspondence to Gail S. Goodman. Department of Pm.. chology. One Shields Ave.. University of California. Da via. CA 95616. ggoodmanenctlavis.edu. or to Jodi (inns. Department of

abuse in a national survey of adult men and women: Prevalence. characteristics. and risk factors. Child Abuse and Neglect. 14. 19-28. Foa. E.B.. Cashman. I... Jaycox. L. & Peny. K. (1997). The validation of a self-report measure of posuraumaiie stress disorder. The Postuatunatic Diagnostic Scale. Ps

Stress" Diagnostic Scale (PDS), which has commendable psy- chometric pmperties (e.g., internal consistencies from .78 to .84 for the criteria: Foa, Cashman, Jaycox, & Perry, 1997). This measure provides a list of traumatic events (including CSA); respondents indicate which events happened to them and,

shed light on this issue, we analyzed adults' memories for verified childhood genital contact after an 18-to-20-year delay. Corresponding Author Gail S. Goodman, Department of Psychology, University of California, One Shields Ave.. Davis. CA 95616 E-mail. pasordnianerucdaviciedu 3534-013 Page 1 of 16 EFT

, J. (2004). Weathering the storm: Children's long- term recall of Hurricane Andrew. Memory, 12(1), 104-118. doi:10.1080/09658210244000397 Foa, E., Cashman, L., Jaycox, L, & Perry, K. (1997). The valida- tion of a self-report measure of PTSD: The Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale. Psychological Assessment,

Time 2 they completed the 40-item Trauma Symptom Checklist (TSC; Elliot & Briere, 1992) and the 49-item Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS; Foa, Cashman, Jaycox, & Perry, 1997). For our sample, rel- evant means and standard deviations on these measures were: TSC total score, M = 23.92, SD = 14.08; TS

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE A Prospective Study of Memory for Child Sexual Abuse: New Findings Relevant to the Repressed-Memory Controversy Author(s): Gail S. Goodman, Simone Ghetti, .Todi A. Quas, Robin S. Edelstein, Kristen Weede Alexander, Allison D. Redlich, Ingrid M. Cordon and David P. H. Tones Source: Psyc

estionnaires of psychopathology, such as the Dissociative Experiences Scale (Bernstein & Putnam. 1986) and the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (Foa. Cashman. laycox. & Perry. 1997); and (c) an in-person interview (n w 107).' For scientific and ethical reasons, participants were never told that we knew o