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Hervonden herinneringen: de stand van zaken

Auteurs: Linsey Raymaekers, Elke Geraerts, Harald Merckelbach

Gepubliceerd in: Tijdschrift voor Psychotherapie | Uitgave 4/2008

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Samenvatting

Onderzoek laat zien dat er twee typen van hervonden herinneringen bestaan. In het ene type worden de misbruikherinneringen geleidelijk opgehaald, veelal in de context van therapie. In het andere type worden de herinneringen spontaan – buiten de therapeutische context – hervonden. Voor het laatste type zijn vaker ondersteunende verklaringen van andere personen te vinden dan voor het eerste type. De twee types hebben ook een ander cognitief profiel. Bij de spontane herinneringen onderschatten mensen vaak hun eerdere herinneringen aan echte episodes. Bij de in therapie hervonden herinneringen vertonen mensen vaak een uitgesproken kwetsbaarheid voor pseudoherinneringen. Wij betogen daarom dat spontaan hervonden herinneringen vaker naar authentieke gebeurtenissen verwijzen, terwijl in therapie hervonden herinneringen vaker gebaseerd zijn op een gevaarlijke combinatie van suggestieve interventies en een neiging tot bronverwarring. Het onderscheid tussen de twee typen hervonden herinneringen kan juristen en getuige-deskundigen helpen om de betrouwbaarheid van zulke herinneringen in te schatten. Ook kan de kennis over deze twee categorieën nuttig zijn voor clinici, met name als het gaat om de gevaarlijke combinatie die wij hiervoor aanduidden.
Voetnoten
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Aanwijzing, signalering; een woord dat je aanbiedt om het ophalen van een ander woord te vergemakkelijken.
 
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De vignetten zijn gebaseerd op verhalen van personen die deelnamen aan onze studies. Namen alsook persoonlijke details zijn veranderd om anonimiteit te bewaren.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Hervonden herinneringen: de stand van zaken
Auteurs
Linsey Raymaekers
Elke Geraerts
Harald Merckelbach
Publicatiedatum
01-08-2008
Uitgeverij
Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
Gepubliceerd in
Tijdschrift voor Psychotherapie / Uitgave 4/2008
Print ISSN: 0165-1188
Elektronisch ISSN: 1876-5637
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03078430

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