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Dialectical repression theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

David H. Gleaves
David H. Gleaves*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealandhttp://www.psyc.canterbury.ac.nz/people/gleaves.shtml
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david.gleaves@canterbury.ac.nz
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Abstract:

Erdelyi's dialectical repression theory attempts to reconcile what appear to be incompatible perspectives in the contentious area of memory for trauma. He partially succeeds and makes a strong case that repression is “an empirical fact,” but makes a weaker case that distortions and omissions are due to the same mechanism and that recovered memories are necessarily unreliable. Available data do not suggest that the return of the repressed is any less accurate than the return of the non-repressed.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , October 2006 , pp. 520 - 521
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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