Stockholm effects and psychological responses to captivity in hostages held by suicide terrorists

Traumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-140

  Speckhard, Anne ^a,b,c   Tarabrina, Nadejda ^d   Krasnov, Valery ^e   Mufel, Natalia ^f  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c Traumatic Stress Disorder Laboratory Institute of Psychology Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^f BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Hostage taking; Hostages; Stockholm Syndrome; Suicide terrorist; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248147484     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153476560501100206     Document Type: Article

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