El Síndrome de Estocolmo: una Revisión Sistemática

Abstract

The Stockholm syndrome is a term used to describe a paradoxical psychological experience in which an affective bond between hostages and their captors is developed. However, currently there is no unification of criteria with respect to its diagnosis and characteristics and even its denomination of "syndrome". The objective of the present study was to review and summarize the existing international literature of the Stockholm syndrome. Databases (PUBMED, Google Scholar, Academic Onefile, and EBSCO) were systematically searched. After analyzing the 23 articles selected, it could be considered that the expansion of the term to different cases or groups is an important indicator that it is a universal instinctive response of survival, although the lack of empirical studies could lead to the conclusion that many of the characteristics of the term are due to an information bias. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved) Abstract (Spanish) El sindrome de Estocolmo es un termino utilizado para describir una experiencia psicologica paradojica en la cual se desarrolla un vinculo afectivo entre los rehenes y sus captores. Sin embargo, no existe actualmente una unificacion de criterios con respecto a su diagnostico y caracteristicas e incluso a su denominacion de "sindrome". El objetivo del presente estudio fue revisar y sintetizar la literatura internacional existente sobre el sindrome de Estocolmo. Despues de analizar los 23 articulos seleccionados a traves de la busqueda en PUBMED, Google Academico, Academic Onefile y EBSCO, se podria considerar que la extension del termino a diferentes casos o grupos es un indicador importante de que se trata de una respuesta instintiva universal de supervivencia, aunque la falta de estudios empiricos podria llevar a la conclusion de que muchas de las caracteristicas del termino se deben a un sesgo informativo. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved)