Jennifer Freyd

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Jennifer J. Freyd (born October 16, 1957 in Providence , Rhode Island ) is an American psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Oregon and editor of the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation . Freyd's scientific interests are sexual abuse and memory research . She developed the concept of betrayal trauma .

biography

In 1979 Freyd received a BA in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania , and in 1983 she received a PhD in Psychology from Stanford University . She was an assistant professor at Cornell University from 1983 to 1987, and has been a professor at the University of Oregon since 1987 . Freyd received the 1997 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association of Women in Psychology , the Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation, and twice the Pierre Janet Award from the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation . She has been a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1992 .

controversy

Freyd accuses her father, the mathematician Peter Freyd , of sexual abuse. This denies the allegations and has founded the False Memory Syndrome Foundation .

Works

  • Betrayal trauma. The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, England 1996. ISBN 0-674-06805-X

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jennifer Freyd. University of Oregon, Department of Psychology, accessed April 1, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Slater, Lauren; Jessica Henderson Daniel, Amy Elizabeth Banks (2003). The complete guide to mental health for women. Beacon Press. ISBN 0-8070-2925-4
  3. ↑ Fellows of the AAAS: Jennifer J. Freyd. (No longer available online.) American Association for the Advancement of Science, archived from the original on April 1, 2018 ; accessed on April 1, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Bloomberg, Peter. One family's tragedy spawns national group , The Baltimore Sun, Sept 12, 1994 http://www.skepticfiles.org/misctext/onefam.htm
personal data
SURNAME Freyd, Jennifer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freyd, Jennifer J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Providence , Rhode Island