TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The personality of pursuit: personality attributions of unwanted pursuers and stalkers
JO  - Violence and victims
A1  - Spitzberg, Brian H.
A1  - Veksler, Alice E.
SP  - 275
EP  - 289
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
N2  - A sample of 292 college students recalled a partner who had engaged in unwanted pursuit (46%) or recalled their most recent "normal" 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 "normals" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-6708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -