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Stockholm syndrome and emotion:
What are the emotional aspects of Stockholm syndrome?
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Overview

Something catchy about paradox of empathy/compassion/gratitude alongside fear/terror/isolation/abuse.
Figure 1. Emotive image capturing perspective of an individual being actively threatened

Comment on complexity of human behaviour, why?

Chapter will unpack:

  • What is Stockholm syndrome
  • Antecents to Stockholm syndrome
  • Exploration of the emotional apects of Stockholm syndrome
  • Psychological mechanisms - survival
  • Contemporary view within literature

Focus questions:

  • What is Stockholm syndrome?
  • What are the emotional aspects of Stockholm syndrome?

Stockholm syndrome

Stockholm syndrome is complex adaptive response to traumatic and threatening situations

Figure 2. Norrmalstrong robbery: Clark Olofsson on his way to court in 1967

Definition:

  • Origins: Norrmalmstorg robbery- Hyper link other cases i.e Patty Hearst,
  • Differentiation from disorder (why?) - comment, prior to DSM V consideration of inclusion under other stress related condition
  • Brief comment on need for language - title to change to reflect survival mechanism (discus later on)




What are the emotional aspect of Stockholm sydrome?

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Table 1.

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Likely to list emotions and definitionsHeading
Terror (?)Explanation
Gratitude (?) Explanation
Sympathy or Empathy (?)Explanation
Fear (?) Explanation
Explanation

Test yourself

REVIEW QUIZ

Psychological mechanisms

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    Case study

    insert a case study example that illustrates how positive affect/sympathy w. ones capture can be a mechanism of survival - i.e decrease threat level and increase provision of needs

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    Contemporary Approaches (critque)

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    Appeasement

    Critique

    Feminist/DV/FV - against use of term

    Other critque

    Test yourself

    REVIEW HOW TO DO QUIZ

    Conclusion

    See also

    Reference

    Alexander, D. A., & Klein, S. (2009). Kidnapping and hostage-taking: a review of effects, coping and resilience. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 102(1), 16–21. https://doi.org/10.1258/jrsm.2008.080347

    Bailey, R., Dugard, J., Smith, S. F., & Porges, S. W. (2023). Appeasement: replacing Stockholm syndrome as a definition of a survival strategy. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2161038

    Cantor, C., & Price, J. (2007). Traumatic entrapment, appeasement and complex post-traumatic stress disorder: Evolutionary perspectives of hostage reactions, domestic abuse and the Stockholm syndrome. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41(5), 377–384. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048670701261178

    Hammack, S. E., Cooper, M. A., & Lezak, K. R. (2012). Overlapping neurobiology of learned helplessness and conditioned defeat: Implications for PTSD and mood disorders. Neuropharmacology, 62(2), 565–575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.02.024

    Music, G. (2021). Resparking from flatness: new thoughts on shut-down states after trauma and neglect. Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 47(3), 357–375. https://doi.org/10.1080/0075417X.2021.2018482

    Palker-Corell, A., & Marcus, D. K. (2004). Partner abuse, learned helplessness, and trauma symptoms. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23(4), 445–462. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.23.4.445.40311

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