ISSUES IN ORAL-HISTORY - ELABORATION OF TRAUMATIC EVENTS

Authors
KRUS DJ NELSEN EA WEBB TM
Citation
Dj. Krus et al., ISSUES IN ORAL-HISTORY - ELABORATION OF TRAUMATIC EVENTS, Perceptual and motor skills, 86(3), 1998, pp. 928-930
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
86
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Part
1
Pages
928 - 930
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1998)86:3<928:IIO-EO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Two cases of allegorical elaboration of traumatic events were scrutini zed. The described observations suggest that elaboration of real event s and the possibility of their subsequent distortions should be consid ered when interpreting narratives pertaining to issues viewed by socie ty as undesirable.