@article{ref1,
title="Explaining cyberstalking victimization against college women using a multitheoretical approach: self-control, opportunity, and control balance",
journal="Crime and delinquency",
year="2018",
author="Reyns, Bradford W. and Fisher, Bonnie S. and Randa, Ryan",
volume="64",
number="13",
pages="1742-1764",
abstract="The foci of the present study are to estimate the extent of cyberstalking victimization, and develop, specify, and test a theoretically based model of cyberstalking victimization among college women. A pursuit- and fear-based measure of victimization was utilized, and three leading theories--self-control, opportunity, and control balance--were tested as explanations of cyberstalking victimization. Key concepts from each theoretical perspective were operationalized using primary survey data from a probability sample of college women (N = 1,987) from two large universities. <br><br>RESULTS show that approximately 3.4% of female students were victims of cyberstalking during the academic year. <br><br>FINDINGS from a path model revealed significant direct effects for opportunity and having a control deficit on cyberstalking. The effects of self-control were indirect through these two measures, whereas having a control surplus was not related to victimization risk. Overall, findings support the application of these three theoretical approaches to predicting and explaining cyberstalking victimization.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0011-1287",
doi="10.1177/0011128717753116",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128717753116"
}