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e, 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 hesitant to talk about CSA, their m

03) for details about the measures in the original study and identification of target eases. enpectively. sfin predictors of Mime I disclosure. see Goodman et al. j2003). An identical analysis predicting disc home in the smaller Mime 3 sample revealed similar findings. ahlsough age no longer significantly pre

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE Research Article Traumatic Impact Predicts Long- Term Memory for Documented Child Sexual Abuse Kristen Weede Alexander,' Jodi A. Quas,2 Gail S. GotsImams Simone Gheiti," Robin S. Edelstein,3 Allison D. ReAllich,3 Ingrid M. Cordon,3 and David P.H. Jones(' ! California State Uni

ng adults who, more than a decade earlier, were involved in criminal prosecutions as victims of CSA and participated in a study of court testimony (Goodman et al., 1992). De- tailed documentation of the abuse was available for all cases. The re- search goals were to (a) compare disclosure rates of documented CS

A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF MEMORY FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: New Findings Relevant to the Repressed•Memory Controversy Gail S. Goodman,' Simona Ghetti,' Jodi A. Quas,2 Robin S. Edelstein,' Kristen Weede Alexander,' Allison D. Redlich,' Ingrid M. Cordon,' and David P.H. Jones' 'University of California. Dav

ated to that maltreatment. Study I started as research on 4- to 17-year-ohls involved (as alleged victims) in prosecutions for child sexual abuse (Goodman et al., 1992). Documentation gathered at the start of the study included information from police and prosecu- tors' records, interviews with nonoffending p

CHILD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES Trauma and Long-Term Memory for Childhood Events: Impact Matters Gail S. Goodman,' Jodi A. Quas,2 Deborah Goltlfarb,3 Lauren Gonzalves,1 and Alejandra Gonzalez' 'University of California, Davis, 2University of California, Irvine, and 3 Fl