Citation

Boisvert D, Wells J, Armstrong T, Lewis RH, Woeckener M, Nobles MR. J. Interpers. Violence 2017; ePub(ePub): 886260517698823.

Affiliation

University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260517698823

PMID

29294708

Abstract

There is consistent evidence to suggest that individuals with low resting heart rate are more likely to engage in a variety of antisocial behaviors. The present study examines whether this finding can be extended to stalking perpetration. Drawing from fearlessness theory and stimulation-seeking theory, as well as conceptual work of Meloy and Fisher, we find that individuals with low resting heart rates had significantly greater odds of engaging in stalking behavior, net of controls for sex, age, race, self-control, parental affection, delinquent peers, attitudes/beliefs toward crime, and aggression. When disaggregated by sex, the heart rate-stalking relationship was found to be significant for males, but not for females. The implications of these findings are discussed from a biosocial perspective.

Language: en

Keywords

biosocial; heart rate; stalking