History of the term ‘appeasement’: a response to Bailey et al. (2023)

ABSTRACT

This letter to the editor aims to address claims made by Bailey et al. [2023. Appeasement: Replacing Stockholm syndrome as a definition of a survival strategy. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(1), 2161038] about the history of the concept of appeasement in relation to mammalian survival responses as well as the fawn response, by offering a brief overview and analysis of the literature.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Appeasement in political and foreign policy, social justice, ethology, psychology, and communication studies (multiple mammalian and avian species) feature elements of coregulation.

• The original conceptualisation of the fawn response may result in the misperception that it is unrelated to coregulation.

• Appeasement and coregulation can occur whether the vulnerable party initiating the appeasement is in a state that supports affiliative, distress, or shutdown behaviour.

Esta carta al editor tiene como objetivo abordar las afirmaciones hechas por Bailey, Dugard, Smith &Porges (2023) acerca de la historia del concepto apaciguamiento en relación a las respuestas de sobrevivencia de los mamι´feros, asι´ como la respuesta de los cervatillos, ofreciendo una breve descripcion general y un análisis de la literatura.

这封致编辑的信旨在通过提供对现有文献的简要概述和分析，来回应 Bailey、Dugard、Smith 和 Porges (2023) 关于绥靖概念与哺乳动物生存反应以及服从反应相关绥靖概念历史的主张。

KEYWORDS:

• Appeasement
• coregulation
• fawn
• people-pleasing
• nervous system
• social engagement
• safety
• neuroception
• behaviour
• mammals

PALABRAS CLAVE:

• Apaciguamiento
• corregulación
• cervatillo
• agradar a la gente
• sistema nervioso
• compromiso social
• seguridad
• neurocepcion
• comportamiento
• mamíferos

关键词:

• 绥靖主义
• 共同调节
• 服从
• 讨喜的
• 神经系统
• 社会参与
• 安全
• 神经感受器
• 行为
• 哺乳动物

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).