2007-02-19 01:24:15 · 7 answers · asked by NOEL V 1 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Other - Europe
Stockholm Syndrome is when people who have been taken hostage begin to feel attached to their captors. The name comes from am incident in 1973 in Sweden in which several bank employees were taken hostage, and later defended the the people who had held them.
2007-02-19 01:31:18 · answer #1 · answered by Nicole B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in an abducted hostage, in which the hostage can show signs of having feelings of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless 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, rape cases, child abuse cases, and bride kidnapping.
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 in 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 Stockholm Syndrome was chosen 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; however, this may simply be due to the erroneous naming of the syndrome in popular media, for example, by an "expert psychologist" and author who appeared as a guest on a news program in the first Die Hard film
2007-02-19 09:30:49 · answer #2 · answered by P Ni Ka 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Stockholm syndrome is when a person being held hostage is being sympathic with the cause of the terrorists. This usually occurs when people are held over a longer period of time. Supposedly it is a survival mechanism.
2007-02-19 09:29:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stockhom syndrom is where someone who abducted or held hostage for a length of time begins to develop a strong relationship / friendship/ bond with the captor(s). To the point in some situations where they will agree with and even fight for & defend the captors reasoning hostages and victims or those have married.
2007-02-19 09:34:25 · answer #4 · answered by accebs 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
stockholm syndrom is when a victim of a kidnapping falls in love, or develops a strong like for their kidnapper.
2007-02-19 09:27:08 · answer #5 · answered by Pat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you are kidnapped, eventually you begin to love and trust your captors. I believe it was named after a bank kidnapping in Stockholm, Sweeden.
2007-02-19 09:28:29 · answer #6 · answered by Parker 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's where the captive person feels feelings of loyalty towards the captor.
2007-02-19 09:28:03 · answer #7 · answered by Ariamay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋