Citation

Speckhard A, Tarabrina N, Krasnov V, Mufel N. Traumatology 2005; 11(2): 121-140.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Green Cross Academy of Traumatology, Publisher APA Journals)

DOI

10.1177/153476560501100206

PMID

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Abstract

October 2002, 800 plus hostages were held for three days in a Moscow theater by suicide terrorists armed with bombs. The stand-off ended when Russian Special Forces gassed and stormed the theater. One hundred thirty of the hostages died. The authors - an American psychologist and colleagues from the Russian Academy of Sciences - began to collaborate soon after the event. This article reports on interviews with eleven hostages regarding their psychological responses to captivity including their expressions of Stockholm syndrome.

Language: en