Citation

Haugaard JJ, Seri LG. Violence Vict. 2003; 18(3): 279-297.

Affiliation

Department of Human Development, Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. jjh15@cornell.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12968659

Abstract

Social science research has recently begun to focus on stalking and other forms of intrusive contact occurring among adolescents and young adults. This article presents results from a survey of 681 undergraduates about their experiences with stalking or other forms of intrusive contact occurring after the end of a dating or romantic relationship. Twenty percent of the respondents had been the target of intrusive contact, 8% had initiated intrusive contact, and 1% had been the target of intrusive contact after one relationship and had initiated intrusive contact after another. More females than males were the target of intrusive contact; however, there were no sex differences associated with initiating intrusive contact. About 20% of the respondents had feared for their safety during the intrusive contact. Thirty-one percent of the respondents described the intrusive contact as having a decidedly negative influence on either their subsequent dating relationships or their lives in general.

Language: en