TY - JOUR
T1 - Skirting the issue: what does believing in repression mean?
AU - Wang, Jianqin
AU - Otgaar, Henry
AU - Dodier, Olivier
AU - Howe, Mark L.
AU - Lilienfeld, Scott O.
AU - Loftus, Elizabeth F.
AU - Lynn, Steven Jay
AU - Merckelbach, Harald
AU - Patihis, Lawrence
N1 - DOI does not work: 10.1037/xge0000982. Article's URL cannot be located so journal's landing page has been used.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - We show that, in contrast to Brewin, Li, Ntarantana, Unsowrth, and McNeilis (2019), large proportions of laypersons believe in the scientifically controversial phenomenon of unconscious repressed memories. We provide new survey data showing that when participants are asked specific questions about what they mean when they report that traumatic memories can be repressed, most provide answers strongly consistent with unconscious repression. Our findings continue to show that researchers, legal professionals, and clinicians should be wary of invoking unconscious repression in their work.
AB - We show that, in contrast to Brewin, Li, Ntarantana, Unsowrth, and McNeilis (2019), large proportions of laypersons believe in the scientifically controversial phenomenon of unconscious repressed memories. We provide new survey data showing that when participants are asked specific questions about what they mean when they report that traumatic memories can be repressed, most provide answers strongly consistent with unconscious repression. Our findings continue to show that researchers, legal professionals, and clinicians should be wary of invoking unconscious repression in their work.
M3 - Article
SN - 0096-3445
VL - 149
SP - 1996
EP - 2000
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
IS - 10
ER -