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Distinguishing between Traumatic and Non‐Traumatic Memory: A Commentary on Reminiscing and Child Maltreatment
Author(s) -
Valentino Kristin,
McDonnell Christina G.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/acp.3187
Subject(s) - psychology , traumatic memories , autobiographical memory , child abuse , developmental psychology , psychopathology , poison control , sexual abuse , childhood memory , injury prevention , cognition , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , episodic memory , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency
Summary Salmon and Reese review literature on parent–child conversations about children's negative experiences and consider how impoverished parent–child reminiscing about child sexual abuse may affect children's memory for that trauma. To extend the application of developmental psychopathology theory to the study of reminiscing and memory, the present commentary had three overarching goals. First, evidence supporting relatively accurate retention of memories for trauma in contrast to impairments in non‐traumatic autobiographical memory among maltreated children is reviewed. Second, the influence of mother–child reminiscing about everyday emotional experiences on maltreated children's autobiographical memory and socio‐emotional functioning is considered. Third, translational implications are discussed.Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.