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Did Freud misinterpret reported memories of sexual abuse as fantasies?

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dc.contributor.authorPowell, Russell A.
dc.contributor.authorBoer, Douglas P.
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-13
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T01:15:38Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T01:15:38Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.description.abstractArgues that Freud may have misinterpreted real memories of sexual abuse as imaginary after his abandonment of the seduction theory. Certain theoretical statements by Freud, as well as his advice to Jung concerning a 6-yr-old girl who had accused her foster-father of sexual abuse, indicate that he may have been significantly biased toward interpreting certain types of incest allegations as fantasies. Increased awareness of Freud's biases, both in his early tendency to pressure patients into believing that they were victims of abuse and in his later tendency to regard certain types of incest allegations as unreal, may contribute to a more objective approach to the diagnosis and treatment of sexual abuse in the future.
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/full-record/psyh/1996-20232-001
dc.identifier.citationPowell, R. A., & Boer, D. P. (1995). Did Freud misinterpret reported memories of sexual abuse as fantasies? Psychological Reports, 77, 563-570.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1995.77.2.563
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1849
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectFreud (Sigmund)
dc.subjectimagination
dc.subjectmemory
dc.subjectsexual abuse
dc.subjectvictimization
dc.subjectadolescent
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectchild
dc.subjectchild abuse, sexual
dc.subjectfantasy
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectFreudian theory
dc.subjecthumans
dc.subjectincest
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmental recall
dc.subjectpsychoanalytic interpretation
dc.subjectpsychoanalytic therapy
dc.subjectrepression, psychology
dc.subjecttruth disclosure
dc.titleDid Freud misinterpret reported memories of sexual abuse as fantasies?en
dc.typeArticle
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