Sleep paralysis and recovered memories of sexual abuse: comment on McNally and Clancy (2005).
Journal of Anxiety Disorders July 20, 2005 DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2005.03.005 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Proposes that McNally and Clancy's 2005 study of sleep paralysis in adults reporting repressed, recovered, or continuous memories of childhood sexual abuse be replicated with more recovered-memory participants who have experienced sleep paralysis and with more neutral wording to identify the phenomenon. |
Abstract
McNally and Clancy [McNally, R. J., & Clancy, S. A. (2005). Sleep paralysis in adults reporting repressed, recovered, or continuous memories of childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 19, 595-602.] conducted a study on sleep paralysis among adults reporting either repressed, recovered, or continuous memories of sexual abuse. I suggest that the study be replicated with a larger number of recovered memory subjects (those who believe that they have recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse) who experienced sleep paralysis, using more neutral wording in order to identify the phenomenon of sleep paralysis.