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... > material entity > biological material entity > organism > human organism > person > person by status > retractor

Preferred term

retractor  

Definition

  • A person who has claimed to have been sexually abused in the past, but has subsequently withdrawn the allegation (after Li et al., 2024).

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • de Rivera, J. (2000). Understanding persons who repudiate memories recovered in therapy. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 31(4), 378–386. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7028.31.4.378

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Li, C., Otgaar, H., Daele, T. van, Muris, P., Houben, S. T. L., & Bull, R. (2023). Investigating the memory reports of retractors regarding abuse. European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 15(2), 63–71. https://doi.org/10.5093/ejpalc2023a7

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

    • Dataset reference: Li, C., Otgaar, H., Houben, S., & muris, peter. (2023, August 6). Investigating Memory Reports of Retractors Regarding Child Sexual Abuse. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/EUVPY
  • • Li, C., Otgaar, H., Muris, P., & Chen, C. (2024). Retracted memories in the general population: Are there differences between eastern and western countries? Memory, 32(3), 396–409. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2024.2327108

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Ost, J. (2017). Adults’ retractions of childhood sexual abuse allegations: High-stakes and the (in)validation of recollection. Memory, 25(7), 900–909. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2016.1187757

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Otgaar, H., Mangiulli, I., Li, C., Jelicic, M., & Muris, P. (2025). The recovery and retraction of memories of abuse: A scoping review. Frontiers in Psychology, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1498258

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-K45CXPBR-4

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