NCJ Number
187726
Journal
Violence and Victims Volume: 15 Issue: 4 Dated: Winter 2000 Pages: 407-425
Editor(s)
Roland D. Maiuro Ph.D.
Date Published
2000
Length
19 pages
Annotation
This article reports two studies of the correlates of self-reported stalking like behavior among college samples.
Abstract
Two studies of the correlates of self-reported courtship persistence, stalking like behaviors following a relationship break-up, and psychological maltreatment of partners was conducted in samples of male (study 1=46 and study 2=93) and female (study 1=123 and study 2=110) college students. Approximately 40 percent of both males and females engaged in at least one stalking behavior following a break-up. A total of 10.7 percent (males and females) from the first study and 7.6 percent (males and females) from the second study engaged in six or more stalking behaviors. Stalking was significantly related to psychological maltreatment of the partner prior to the break-up. Being the recipient of the break-up was associated with feelings of anger, jealousy and obsessiveness and with higher levels of courtship persistence, and stalking. A replicated path model shows that anxious attachment and need for control were related to psychological maltreatment of partners and that need for control had a direct contribution to stalking. Study limitations are discussed. 3 Tables, 1 figure, references