Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Question of Memory

Reports of satanic ritual abuse: further implications about pseudomemories.

Children's religious knowledge: implications for understanding satanic ritual abuse allegations.

OBJECTIVES The goals of the present study were to examine the extent of children's religious, especially satanic, knowledge and to understand the influence of children's age, religious training, family, and media exposure on that knowledge. METHODS Using a structured interview, 48 3- to 16-year-old children were questioned about their knowledge of: (a) religion and religious worship; (b) reli...

Repressed Memories of Ritualistic and Religion - Related Child Abuse

The possibility that victims of child abuse can repress or otherwise lose memories of early traumatic experiences and then recover them years later is currently the subject of heated debate (Alpert et al., 1996). Concerns about false memories are particularly intense in cases involving repressed memory of alleged acts of satanic ritual abuse (Wright, 1994). Allegations of ritual abuse, which of...

CHALLENGING CASE: BEHAVIORAL CHANGES Erica: A Question of Sexual Abuse*

CASE Erica, 20 months old, is brought to the office of her pediatrician by her mother who is concerned about the possibility of sexual abuse. She describes her daughter’s behavior as unusual during the past 2 weeks. At first, she thought Erica was experiencing abdominal pain when she pointed to her abdomen. Gradually, it became apparent that she was pointing to her vagina with the utterance “oo...

Participatory Action Research on Help-Seeking Behaviors of Self-Defined Ritual Abuse Survivors: A Brief Report.

The existence of ritual abuse is the subject of much debate. Ritual abuse survivor perceptions of seeking help have not been explored, and studies have yet to utilize self-defined survivors as collaborative researchers. This study addresses both issues. Participatory action research was utilized to design a survey and semistructured interview to investigate ritual abuse survivor experience of s...