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Stalking Perpetrators and Psychological Maltreatment of Partners: Anger-Jealousy, Attachment Insecurity, Need for Control, and Break-Up Context
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Two studies of the correlates of self-reported courtship persistence, stalking-like behaviors following a relationship break-up, and psychological maltreatment of partners were conducted in samples of male (N = 46 and 93) and female (N = 123 and 110) college students. Approximately 40% (38.5% and 44.6%) engaged in at least one stalking behavior following a break-up. A total of 10.7% (study 1) and 7.6% (study 2) engaged in 6 or more stalking behaviors. Stalking was significantly related to psychological maltreatment of the partner (PMP) prior to the break-up. Being the recipient of the breakup was associated with feelings of anger, jealousy and obsessiveness and with higher levels of courtship persistence, and stalking. A replicated path model showed that anxious attachment and need for control were related to PMP and that need for control had a direct contribution to stalking. For anxious attachment, its connection to stalking was indirect, mediated by the degree of anger-jealousy over the break-up.
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- Authors
- Davis, K. E., Ace, A., & Andra, M.
- Affiliations
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Venue
- Violence and Victims
- Publisher
- Springer Publishing Company
- Published
- 2000-01
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 407-425
- ISSN
- 0886-6708 (ISSN-L)
- 1945-7073
- OpenAlex
- W2276734920
- Cited by
- 206
- References
- 41
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- FWCI
- 9.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Violence and Victims (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Keywords
- stalking, breakup, insecure attachment, need for control, attachment anxiety, obsessive behavior, university students
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Analysis of Variance, Anger, Courtship, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Jealousy, Love, Male, Models, Psychological, Object Attachment, Obsessive Behavior, Predictive Value of Tests, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Sexual Partners, Students, Universities, Violence, Sexual Harassment
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