Citation

Spitzberg BH, Veksler AE. Violence Vict. 2007; 22(3): 275-289.

Affiliation

School of Communication, San Diego State University, CA 92182-4561, USA. spitz@mail.sdsu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17619634

Abstract

A sample of 292 college students recalled a partner who had engaged in unwanted pursuit (46%) or recalled their most recent "normal" dating relationship. Subjects rated their own level of stalking victimization and rated the partner on a series of personality characteristics and social competence. Unwanted pursuers were perceived as less socially competent, more histrionic, more borderline, and less obsessive-compulsive, with discrimination of "normals" from unwanted pursuers of approximately 75% to 80% accuracy. These attributions also significantly predicted a continuous measure of unwanted pursuit victimization (R = .406). Implications for developing more precise and practical risk profiles of unwanted pursuers are discussed.

Language: en