Stockholm syndrome

:For the band, see Stockholm Syndrome (band).

The Other Cases

The loyalty to the more powerful abuser - in spite of the danger that this loyalty puts the victim in - is common in the dependent children and battered wives - victims of domestic abuse and child abuse - who choose to remain loyal to the more powerful abuser and choose not to leave him or her, even when they are offered a safe placement in foster homes or safe house, and was described by psychoanalysts of the object relations theory school (see Fairbarn) as the phenomenon of psychological identification with the more powerful abuser.

Related Topics:
Battered wives - Domestic abuse - Child abuse - Safe house - Psychoanalyst - Object relations theory - Fairbarn

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In order to form military units which will not fall apart during the stressful events, but will remain loyal to each other even in a life-threatening situations, the basic training ("training is a mildly traumatic experience intended to produce a bond") used by the military trainers can be said to produce a mild form of the same symptom.

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Similarly can be said for the fraternity hazing. In cultural anthropology the similar symptom is common to bride capture situations.

Related Topics:
Hazing - Cultural anthropology - Bride capture

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