It has been some 30 years since the eponymous event in Stockholm led to the widespread usage of the term Stockholm syndrome. After the Patty Hearst case, this term gained widely popular recognition and usage. Magazine and journal articles about this fascinating psychological phenomenon proliferated. It is a truly curious, incredible, and paradoxical occurrence still bandied about today in movies, fiction writing, and news reports, although it is most often portrayed inaccurately.
In the years since this phenomenon was first reported, questions have arisen about the syndrome’s frequency and the centrality or importance of its occurrence in hostage situations. One study, completed over 10 years ago,1 examined some of the untested but generally accepted and popular beliefs and commonsense understandings of the phenomenon, principally the seminal work of Thomas Strentz.2 Little has been done over the intervening years to test these assumptions with any scientific rigor....
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