Early childhood memories of individuals convicted of sexual offences

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21602168
AutoresNatalie Martschuk (0000-0002-2963-6139, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, autor de correspondencia), Danielle Arlanda Harris (0000-0001-8412-3662, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia), Martine B Powell (0000-0001-5092-1308, Griffith University), Jane Goodman-Delahunty (0000-0001-6764-6920, Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia), Jane Goodman‐delahunty (0000-0003-4409-0063, Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia)
Año2024
Volumen32
Número1
Páginas1-10
Fecha de publicación2024-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMemory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0965-8211 • E-ISSN: 1464-0686
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09658211.2023.2276977
PMID37922396
OpenAlexW4388283246
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas48

This study used innovative transdisciplinary methods to describe the nature and extent of early childhood memories recalled by 84 adults convicted of sexual offences. The timing of the memories, level of detail recalled and way memories were recollected were largely consistent with extant memory research. One important finding, however, was that more than 30% of our participants recalled particularly traumatic and distressing childhood experiences - a much higher proportion than previously observed in nonoffending samples. The extent to which these memories laid the foundation for subsequent emotional content and feature in the evolution of cognitive schemata is not yet well understood. With that in mind, we consider the implications of our findings for the event centrality in self-narratives. We recommend the inclusion of treatment modalities that maximise as yet unrecognised and undervalued narrative inclinations and story-telling abilities of a complicated population of individuals with rich lived experience that stands to benefit greatly from such approaches

Autobiographical memory · Childhood amnesia · Childhood memory · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Episodic memory · Extant taxon · Narrative · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Recall · Sexual abuse · Suicide prevention · Traumatic memories · Child Abuse and Trauma · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Psychology