@article{ref1,
title="The personality of pursuit: personality attributions of unwanted pursuers and stalkers",
journal="Violence and victims",
year="2007",
author="Spitzberg, Brian H. and Veksler, Alice E.",
volume="22",
number="3",
pages="275-289",
abstract="A sample of 292 college students recalled a partner who had engaged in unwanted pursuit (46%) or recalled their most recent &quot;normal&quot; dating relationship. Subjects rated their own level of stalking victimization and rated the partner on a series of personality characteristics and social competence. Unwanted pursuers were perceived as less socially competent, more histrionic, more borderline, and less obsessive-compulsive, with discrimination of &quot;normals&quot; from unwanted pursuers of approximately 75% to 80% accuracy. These attributions also significantly predicted a continuous measure of unwanted pursuit victimization (R = .406). Implications for developing more precise and practical risk profiles of unwanted pursuers are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-6708",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}