<P> It was formally named in 1973 when four hostages were taken during a bank robbery in Stockholm , Sweden . The hostages defended their captors after being released and would not agree to testify in court against them . Stockholm syndrome is ostensibly paradoxical because the sympathetic sentiments captives feel towards their captors are the opposite of the fear and disdain an onlooker may feel towards the captors . </P>
<P> It was formally named in 1973 when four hostages were taken during a bank robbery in Stockholm , Sweden . The hostages defended their captors after being released and would not agree to testify in court against them . Stockholm syndrome is ostensibly paradoxical because the sympathetic sentiments captives feel towards their captors are the opposite of the fear and disdain an onlooker may feel towards the captors . </P>
where does the term stockholm syndrome come from
where does the term stockholm syndrome come from
1973 when four hostages were taken during a bank robbery in Stockholm , Sweden
1973 when four hostages were taken during a bank robbery in Stockholm , Sweden