Retrieving, Assessing, and Classifying Traumatic Memories
Titel:
Retrieving, Assessing, and Classifying Traumatic Memories
Auteur:
Hopper, James W. van der Kolk, Bessel A.
Verschenen in:
Journal of aggression, maltreatment & trauma
Paginering:
Jaargang 4 (2001) nr. 2 pagina's 33-71
Jaar:
2001-06-12
Inhoud:
The study of traumatic memories is still an emerging field, both methodologically and theoretically. Previous questionnaire and interview methods for studying traumatic memories have been limited in their ability to evoke and assess remembrances with the characteristics long observed by clinicians. In this article, we introduce a new standardized method that incorporates a laboratory procedure for retrieving memories of traumatic events and a clinically informed measure for assessing these memories' characteristics. We present three case studies to demonstrate the data yielded by script-driven remembering and the Traumatic Memory Inventory-Post-Script Version (TMI-PS). We then discuss subjects' script-driven remembrances in terms of methodology, theoretical classification of traumatic memories, and the interplay between the two. Finally, we critique our method in detail and offer suggestions for future research. If validated as a method for evoking and assessing traumatic memories, and shown to yield reliable data, this integrative method shows great promise for advancing both clinical and cognitive research on traumatic memories.
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