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Stockholm syndrome n.
A phenomenon in which a hostage begins to identify with and grow sympathetic to his or her captor.
Pretty informative link HERE. and Here.
The Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in a hostage, in which the hostage exhibits seeming loyalty to the hostage-taker, in spite of the danger (or at least risk) in which the hostage has been placed. Stockholm syndrome is also sometimes discussed in reference to other situations with similar tensions, such as battered person syndrome, child abuse cases, and bride kidnapping.
Origin of the name
The syndrome is named after the Norrmalmstorg robbery of Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, Sweden in which the bank robbers held bank employees hostage from August 23 to August 28, 1973. In this case, the victims became emotionally attached to their victimizers, and even defended their captors after they were freed from their six-day ordeal. The term was coined by the criminologist and psychiatrist Nils Bejerot, who assisted the police during the robbery, and referred to the syndrome in a news broadcast.
It is sometimes referred to as Helsinki Syndrome, sometimes deliberately for ironic effect originating in the substitution of one Nordic capital for another. However, this may simply be due to the erroneous naming of the syndrome in popular media such as the first Die Hard film.
Capture bonding
Main article: Capture-bonding
An offshoot of the Stockholm syndrome is the aptly-used term capture-bonding defined as a bond that in some instances develops between captor and captive. The term is modeled on the Swedish woman who became so attached to one of the bank robbers who held her hostage that she broke her engagement to her former lover and remained bonded, or in bondage, to her former captor while he served time in prison.
Also Capture Bonding
Ah the love of social conditioning and brainwashing. Yes Lost I'm looking at you. It's a tricky road to play.
Stockholm syndrome n.
A phenomenon in which a hostage begins to identify with and grow sympathetic to his or her captor.
Pretty informative link HERE. and Here.
The Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in a hostage, in which the hostage exhibits seeming loyalty to the hostage-taker, in spite of the danger (or at least risk) in which the hostage has been placed. Stockholm syndrome is also sometimes discussed in reference to other situations with similar tensions, such as battered person syndrome, child abuse cases, and bride kidnapping.
Origin of the name
The syndrome is named after the Norrmalmstorg robbery of Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, Sweden in which the bank robbers held bank employees hostage from August 23 to August 28, 1973. In this case, the victims became emotionally attached to their victimizers, and even defended their captors after they were freed from their six-day ordeal. The term was coined by the criminologist and psychiatrist Nils Bejerot, who assisted the police during the robbery, and referred to the syndrome in a news broadcast.
It is sometimes referred to as Helsinki Syndrome, sometimes deliberately for ironic effect originating in the substitution of one Nordic capital for another. However, this may simply be due to the erroneous naming of the syndrome in popular media such as the first Die Hard film.
Capture bonding
Main article: Capture-bonding
An offshoot of the Stockholm syndrome is the aptly-used term capture-bonding defined as a bond that in some instances develops between captor and captive. The term is modeled on the Swedish woman who became so attached to one of the bank robbers who held her hostage that she broke her engagement to her former lover and remained bonded, or in bondage, to her former captor while he served time in prison.
Also Capture Bonding
Ah the love of social conditioning and brainwashing. Yes Lost I'm looking at you. It's a tricky road to play.