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'''Stockholm Syndrome''' is a [[psychology | psychological]] phenomenon in which victims of kidnapping end up identifying with and possibly even defending their kidnappers. The term comes from a 1973 bank robbery in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], in which four people were held hostage for six days, and ended up attempting to ward off the police's rescue efforts. | '''Stockholm Syndrome''' is a [[psychology | psychological]] phenomenon in which victims of kidnapping end up identifying with and possibly even defending their kidnappers. The term comes from a 1973 bank robbery in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], in which four people were held hostage for six days, and ended up attempting to ward off the police's rescue efforts. | ||
| − | Three things are key | + | Three things are key for Stockholm Syndrome to exist: A very uneven power relationship, the threat of death or severe injury, and a self-preservation instinct. |
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
Revision as of 20:45, November 10, 2007
Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological phenomenon in which victims of kidnapping end up identifying with and possibly even defending their kidnappers. The term comes from a 1973 bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden, in which four people were held hostage for six days, and ended up attempting to ward off the police's rescue efforts.
Three things are key for Stockholm Syndrome to exist: A very uneven power relationship, the threat of death or severe injury, and a self-preservation instinct.