Characteristics of recovered memories: a Dutch replication of Gudjonsson's (1997) British survey

✍ Scribed by Peter J. Van Koppen; Harald Merckelbach

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 78 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0888-4080
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199910)13:5<485::aid-acp627>3.0.co;2-#

✦ Synopsis

A survey was conducted among members of the Dutch counterpart of the British False Memory Society (BFMS), the Werkgroep Fictieve Herinneringen (the Dutch False Memory Working Group; FMWG). FMWG members answered questions about the nature and circumstances of the allegations and provided information about the accuser. By and large, the results of this survey parallel those of the Gudjonsson (1997) survey among members of the BFMS. That is, most accusations were made by adult daughters about their biological fathers and arose in the context of psychotherapeutic treatment. Along with the survey among FMWG members, regional police forces were surveyed about the prevalence of recovered memory cases. Results yielded an estimate of 63 cases resulting in legal proceedings over the past two years. None of these cases resulted in a conviction.