Syndrome when you love your captor5/16/2023 ![]() The participants would be recruited from identified scenarios of traumatic entrapment including, but not limited to, victims of hostage trauma, extreme domestic violence (emotional, physical, or both), and traumatic sex trafficking and current measures for Narcissistic Personality Disorder are used to establish a baseline for initial research. The current study forwards a hypothesis that victims of traumatic entrapment that exhibit symptoms of Narcissistic Victim Syndrome will also exhibit symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Continued work in this area is a push toward understanding and assisting those who have been through traumatic entrapment circumstances in a more meaningful way. Narcissistic Victim Syndrome is an area that remains unexplored and without established methods, procedures, or guidelines. This may be due to reporting and publication bias. There is little published academic research on 'Stockholm syndrome' although study of media reports reveals similarities between well publicized cases. Four common features were found between the five cases studied. No validated diagnostic criteria have been described. The existing literature consists mostly of case reports furthermore there is ambiguity in the use of the term. We identified 12 papers that met inclusion criteria. We compared features of cases widely reported in the English language media to identify common themes which may form a recognizable syndrome. ![]() Here we review the evidence base on 'Stockholm syndrome'.ĭatabases (PubMED, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL) were systematically searched. High-profile cases are reported by the media although the diagnosis is not described in any international classification system. 'Stockholm syndrome' is a term used to describe the positive bond some kidnap victims develop with their captor.
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