Stalking Perpetrators and Psychological Maltreatment of Partners: Anger-Jealousy, Attachment Insecurity, Need for Control, and Break-Up Context

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...

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Published in:Violence and victims 2000-01, Vol.15 (4), p.407-425
Main Authors: Davis, Keith E., Ace, April, Andra, Michelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abuse
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Anger
Behavior
Behavioral Sciences
College Students
Counseling
Courtship
Crime
Dating (Social)
Female
Humans
Internal-External Control
Jealousy
Love
Male
Marriage and Family Counselling
Models, Psychological
Object Attachment
Obsessive Behavior - psychology
Offenders
Older people
Opposite Sex Relations
Policy, Social Justice, and Human Rights
Predictive Value of Tests
Psychology
Risk Factors
Sexual Harassment - psychology
Sexual Partners - psychology
Social and Personality Psychology
Social Work
Stalking
Students - psychology
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Theory
Universities
Victim Offender Relations
Victimization
Violence
Violence - psychology
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0886-6708
1945-7073
DOI:10.1891/0886-6708.15.4.407