Citation

Dye ML, Davis KE. Violence Vict. 2003; 18(2): 163-180.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12816402

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to refine and elaborate models of personality and relationship-specific characteristics in the perpetration of stalking and psychological abuse. Three hundred and forty-two college students who had been in intimate relationships completed a series of questionnaires about their most recent breakup and their former relationship. Our hypotheses were supported, with harsh parental discipline, anxious attachment, and need for control of one's partner forming a common cluster in the prediction of stalking and psychological abuse. For psychological abuse, relationship dissatisfaction added to the predictive factors; whereas for stalking, the level of anger-jealousy over the breakup was the major added factor. Degree of anger-jealousy was influenced by being the recipient of a breakup and the level of passion.

Language: en