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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

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,

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

, 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

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

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