Abstract
Maltreated (n=26) and non-maltreated (n=31) 7- to 12-year-old children were tested on the Deese/Roediger-McDermott (DRM) false memory task using emotional and neutral word lists. True recall was significantly better for non-maltreated than maltreated children regardless of list valence. The proportion of false recall for neutral lists was comparable regardless of maltreatment status. However, maltreated children showed a significantly higher false recall rate for the emotional lists than non-maltreated children. Together, these results provide new evidence that maltreated children could be more prone to false memory illusions for negatively valenced information than their non-maltreated counterparts.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 102-110 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Experimental Child Psychology |
Volume | 143 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2016 |
Keywords
- Maltreated children
- Non-maltreated children
- True and false memories
- Valence
- Memory